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We are just two weeks away from CSA season! The first pick up day is Tuesday, June 4 at the farm. We will be sending a special newsletter to subscribers on Mondays starting May 20. There’s still time to sign up! Check out the following offerings:
2019 Horn Farm Vegetable CSA
Betsy’s Flowers at the Farm Flower CSA
Hippy Homestead Gourmet Mushroom CSA
Chicken CSA through Mirror Image Farms
Rising Locust Farm Meat, Egg, Shiitake CSA
Sentient Sisterhood Wild Foods & Medicine CSA

With CSA season upon us, we’re looking for volunteers to be part of our Tuesday Evening Farm Crew. Ready to get your hands in the soil? We could use your help on the farm between 4 and 7 on Tuesday evenings. Join Field Manager Andrew Horn to be part of the farm community by helping with planting, harvesting, weeding, and mulching. Join us for any or all of the three hours. Please pre-register so we know to expect you!

Upcoming events:
May 18 – Herbal Intensive
May 19 – Healing Power of Plants (Children’s Discovery Series)
May 19 – Mushroom Cultivation (waitlist)
May 21 – Tuesday Evening Farm Crew
May 26 – Seed to Table (Children’s Discovery Series)
May 21 – Tuesday Evening Farm Crew
May 30 – Foraging – May Plant Walk (NEW)
June 1 – Introduction to Plant Communication
June 29 – Foraging – June Plant Walk
June 22 – Cycle the Solstice
June 29 – Raising Insects for Food and Farm
July 13 – Mushroom Cultivation (NEW)
July 18 – Where the Wild Things Grow (Youth Program)
July 23 – Introduction to Canning: Peach Jam
July 29 to 31 – Building Backyard Habitats (Junior Naturalist Training)
July 29 to 31 – Building Community Habitats (Junior Naturalist Training)
August 8 – Introduction to Canning: Tomato Sauce
August 20 – Roasted Vegetables
September 10 – Introduction to Canning: Applesauce
September 28/29 – Pawpaw Festival
October 12 – Bread: Rising to the Next Level

2019 Horn Farm Vegetable CSA
Betsy’s Flowers at the Farm Flower CSA
Hippy Homestead Gourmet Mushroom CSA
Chicken CSA through Mirror Image Farms
Rising Locust Farm Meat, Egg, Shiitake CSA
Sentient Sisterhood Wild Foods & Medicine CSA
Regenerative Farming Internship
Woodland Steward Training Program
Herbal Intensive
Foraging Intensive

See you at the farm!

Spring in the Northern Hemisphere begins when our sun (as viewed from the earth) enters the constellation Aries. The sun will travel through the constellations Aries, Taurus, and Gemini before the sun enters the constellation Cancer and summer begins at the solstice on June 21 this year. (We will be celebrating with our Cycle the Solstice event. Check it out!) Last Sunday, May 6, marked the half way point between spring and summer when the sun reached 15 degrees of Taurus. (Each of the twelve constellations has 30 degrees as the cycle/circle/wheel of the year has 360 degrees).

Everything on the farm follows cycles.  And this week marks the end of our plant selling season. Thank you to everyone who came out on May 4 to find plants for their gardens and to support the Horn Farm Center! This weekend is your last chance to get Horn Farm plants at the MAEscapes plant sale tomorrow, May 11 from 8:30 to 2 at the York County Annex, 112 Pleasant Acres Road, York.

Speaking of last chances, our Herbal intensive begins next Saturday, May 18, and there is still space for you!

Photo: Michelle Johnsen

Join us for 14 full-day sessions over 7 weekends to delve into the world of herbalism from May through November. This course will cover the foundations of herbalism, medicinal herb gardening, processing and preserving, and making plant remedies. Find  out more!

Plant sales may be drawing to a close for the year, but we are about to jump into CSA season! The first pick up day is Tuesday, June 4 at the farm. Check out the following offerings:
2019 Horn Farm Vegetable CSA
Betsy’s Flowers at the Farm Flower CSA
Hippy Homestead Gourmet Mushroom CSA
Chicken CSA through Mirror Image Farms
Rising Locust Farm Meat, Egg, Shiitake CSA
Sentient Sisterhood Wild Foods & Medicine CSA

With CSA season upon us, we’ve also started looking for volunteers to be part of our Tuesday Evening Farm Crew. Ready to get your hands in the soil? We could use your help on the farm between 4 and 7 on Tuesday evenings. Join Field Manager Andrew Horn for some good old physical labor! Planting, harvesting, weeding, mulching are always needed on the farm, and many hands make light work! Join us for any or all of the three hours. Please pre-register so we know to expect you!

Upcoming events:
May 11 – MAEscapes Native Plant Sale
May 14 – Tuesday Evening Farm Crew
May 18 – Herbal Intensive
May 19 – Healing Power of Plants (Children’s Discovery Series)
May 19 – Mushroom Cultivation
May 21 – Tuesday Evening Farm Crew
May 26 – Seed to Table (Children’s Discovery Series)
June 1 – Introduction to Plant Communication
June 22 – Cycle the Solstice
June 29 – Raising Insects for Food and Farm
July 18 – Where the Wild Things Grow (Youth Program)
July 23 – Introduction to Canning: Peach Jam
July 29 to 31 – Building Backyard Habitats (Junior Naturalist Training)
July 29 to 31 – Building Community Habitats (Junior Naturalist Training)
August 8 – Introduction to Canning: Tomato Sauce
August 20 – Roasted Vegetables
September 10 – Introduction to Canning: Applesauce
September 28/29 – Pawpaw Festival
October 12 – Bread: Rising to the Next Level

2019 Horn Farm Vegetable CSA
Betsy’s Flowers at the Farm Flower CSA
Hippy Homestead Gourmet Mushroom CSA
Chicken CSA through Mirror Image Farms
Rising Locust Farm Meat, Egg, Shiitake CSA
Sentient Sisterhood Wild Foods & Medicine CSA
Regenerative Farming Internship
Woodland Steward Training Program
Herbal Intensive
Foraging Intensive

See you at the farm!

Today’s the day to give where you live! Together, we can support causes across our community that will impact local kids and families, education, housing, and healthcare, our environment and economic development, the arts, history, culture and more. When we all give local, we make a huge impact. On May 3, we can all be philanthropists! Give Local York

And tomorrow is the Heirloom Plant Sale! From 9 to 3, rain or shine. We’ve been growing the plants for your garden!

Vegetables, flowers, herbs, and more! Most plants are priced at $3. Cash, check, debit/credit cards are all welcome. Bring boxes to transport your seedlings. See you then!

If you’d love to fill your medicine cabinet and kitchen cupboards with plant based medicines, check out the Build Your Own Apothecary CSA Share offered by Sentient Sisterhood.

Each monthly share will include the following offerings:
One Household Item, for example a cleaning spray, body product or herbal candle
One Topical Medicinal, for example a joint pain rub, splinter drawing salve or itch healing balm.
One Oral Medicinal Elixir, for example Elderberry Cold & Flu Syrup, Sweet Slumber Syrup, Herbal Allergy Elixir
One Wild Food, for example a spring greens pesto, a foraged miso mushroom spread, a wild berry jam
One Medicinal Cooking Ingredient, for example a mushroom seasoning blend, Nettle & Wild Garlic Cooking oil, Wild Greens Salad Dressing

All items will come in reusable jars which can be returned for credit towards her Etsy shop! If you are interested, sign up soon as registration ends May 13!

Upcoming events:
May 3 – Give Local York
May 4 – Heirloom Plant Sale
May 5 – Little Footprints (Children’s Discovery Series)
May 11 – MAEscapes Native Plant Sale
May 19 – Healing Power of Plants (Children’s Discovery Series)
May 18 – Herbal Intensive
May 19 – Mushroom Cultivation
May 26 – Seed to Table (Children’s Discovery Series)
June 1 – Introduction to Plant Communication
June 22 – Cycle the Solstice
June 29 – Raising Insects for Food and Farm
July 18 – Where the Wild Things Grow (Youth Program)
July 23 – Introduction to Canning: Peach Jam
July 29 to 31 – Building Backyard Habitats (Junior Naturalist Training)
July 29 to 31 – Building Community Habitats (Junior Naturalist Training)
August 8 – Introduction to Canning: Tomato Sauce
August 20 – Roasted Vegetables
September 10 – Introduction to Canning: Applesauce
September 28/29 – Pawpaw Festival
October 12 – Bread: Rising to the Next Level

2019 Horn Farm Vegetable CSA
Betsy’s Flowers at the Farm Flower CSA
Hippy Homestead Gourmet Mushroom CSA
Chicken CSA through Mirror Image Farms
Rising Locust Farm Meat, Egg, Shiitake CSA
Sentient Sisterhood Wild Foods & Medicine CSA
Regenerative Farming Internship
Woodland Steward Training Program
Herbal Intensive
Foraging Intensive

See you at the farm!