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Winter Crops brought to you by our Community Supported Plant Start Program

admin — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:28:44 +0000

Dear Gardeners,

Winter Crops are available through our Community Supported Plant Starts Program.

CSPS supports NEW and SEASONED gardeners grow more food year round with seasonally appropriate plant-starts.Pick up spots at convenient neighborhood locations. We are excited to announce:

SIGN UP NOW: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Collards, Lettuce, Spinach, Kohlrabi, Cabbage, and MORE!
We will be hosti Winter crops educational sessions, TBA soon!

Get your share free by becoming a CSPS leader, when you have five friends or co-workers sign up under your name. (Email to find out how. Offer not valid in combination with other coupons or deals.)

We just seeded Winter crops and would be very happy if you enrolled in the program and grew some more food!

Help us spread the word about our CSA

admin — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:35:18 +0000

There are signs of spring everywhere, yet winter is hanging on. We know it is just around the corner even when the hail is coming down. We have been working hard to be ready for the season amongst the rain, snow, hail, and sun.

CEL’s mission is to create abundant and beautiful spaces that foster food community, food justice, and food sovereignty of the region. We feel that our CSA for edible plant starts is at the heart of our business because it supports new and seasoned gardeners in growing more food through providing seasonally and regionally appropriate plant starts. Here is some praise from one our members:

“This is exciting! So glad you’ve upgraded and enhanced this wonderful business…looking forward to choosing my veggies! And by the way…most of everything you have chosen for this area does really well in my garden….I usually get amazing veggies (unlike other veggies I get from other places.) This is such a great thing for Seattle”. – M.M.

Our goal is to have 100 members (or subscribed flats) this year. At this number the program will be sustainable. As of today we have 59 flats going out. This is a wonderful improvement to last year but we still have a long way to go to reach our goal. Until we reach 100 flat, our CSPS is partially subsidized by other aspects of our business. Please help us reach that goal by either subscribing or spreading the word.

We have created a flyer that you can download from our website. We would appreciate any posting of this around town by our wonderful community – you!

CSPS Flyer Spring 2011

Community Supported Plant Starts-Sign Up for season

Michael — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:40:58 +0000

*About Community-Supported Plant Starts: we grow various plant starts throughout the year to help gardeners stay on top of succession planting

For a reasonable upfront fee, we get you the plants that want to be planted according to the NW Maritime Planting calendar. In Early Spring we start broccoli, kale, cabbage, cauliflower, etc. In late spring and early summer, we’ll supply tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, and other heat-loving crops. In August, when you should plant Brussel Sprouts and Fall Brocoli, we’ll get you those. In essence, we provide quality plant starts and a path towards year around vegetable production. Also, in purchasing a continual supply of plant starts, we can offer you discounts over retail prices.

Community Supported Plant Starts, had a successful pilot year in 2008, a great 2009 highlighted by Organic Gardening Magazine , Real Change Magazine, and Seattle Times featuring the program.

For more information, or to place an order, please download this form: 2009-csps-order-form-may-update.doc

Lastly, we are searching for a location for one of our urban greenhouses starting in 2010. If you know anyone with a large footprint with full sun and access to electric and water (we pay the bills), please pass this on to them.