We aim to include an average of 8 items per week–usually no fewer than 5 and in the bountiful months as many as 16. Everything is packed into an insulated shopping bag, measuring 13″ x 8″ x 14″ tall, labeled with your name. Every member has two bags; each week one bag is taken home full of goodies and the previous week’s bag is left for me to refill the next week. In the early spring, the bag might only be 2/3rds full, but in the summer it will be bursting at the seams, and there will often be a second (recyclable plastic) bag of greens as well.
Sample share contents by month (full details at the harvest calendar):
Note that these are sample lists only, based on past seasons. Each year is different and contents WILL vary considerably.
late April
- lettuce (2 heads)
- kale (1 pound)
- spinach (6 oz.)
May
- lettuce (2+ heads)
- kale (1/2 pound)
- spinach (6-8 oz.)
- beets (2 pounds)
- Swiss chard (1/2 pound)
June
- lettuce (4 heads)
- kale (1/2 pound)
- Swiss chard (1/2 pound)
- Beets (2 pounds)
July
- lettuce (2 heads)
- kale (1/2 pound)
- Swiss chard (1/2 pound)
- Carrots (medium bunch) or ground cherries (1 pint)
- Basil or parsley (med. bunch)
- Zucchini (2)
- Green beans (1/2 lb)
- Cherry tomatoes (1 pint)
- Tomatoes (2 lbs) or broccolini (small bunch)
- Cucumbers (4)
August
- kale (1/2 pound)
- Swiss chard (1/2 pound)
- Parsley (small bunch)
- Zucchini (3)
- Green beans (1 lb)
- Cherry tomatoes (1 pint)
- Tomatoes (4 lbs)
- Cucumbers (2 or 3)
- Ground cherries (1 pint)
- Peppers (5)
September
- lettuce (1 head)
- Green beans (.5 lb)
- Cherry tomatoes (1 pint)
- Tomatoes (4 lbs)
- Ground cherries (1 pint)
- Peppers (5)
- Watermelon (1 small)
October
- lettuce (1 head)
- kale (1/2 pound)
- spinach (6 oz.)
- Swiss chard (1/2 pound)
- Carrots (medium bunch)
- Beets (bunch of 8)
- Watermelon (1 small)
- Winter squash (3-8)