WinterSeason

How does the Winter Season compare to the Regular Season?

The winter season is different than our regular season, in that:

<>	We only offer 200 Winter Shares (as opposed to our regular season when we are capable of offering 600 shares). Consequently signups for this are limited to our existing membership only.
<>	There are fewer pick-up locations (see table below).
<>	Pick-up times are also different (see same table).
<>	All deliveries are on Wednesdays only (no Thursday deliveries).
<>	The Winter Season consists of only 8 delivery weeks, and the shares are delivered on a specific schedule: 3 weeks in a row between Thanksgiving and Christmas, then a break for the next 3 weeks (the weeks encompassing Christmas and New Year's), then starting the second week of January you'll get a share every other week through the first week of March. There is then a 4 week break before the start of the next regular season.
<>	There is only one size of share. No "Family" or "Small" share options, and no "Extra Fruit". The amount you get in each box may vary from week to week (for example, we try to 'bulk up' the share before Christmas, so you'll have a good amount to get you through), but everyone will get the same thing.
<>	All items (except eggs) will be inside a box. No fruit to take separately.
<>	Some weeks the Winter Shares will contain special bonus items, such as bread from a local baker, or canned tomatoes prepared for us in a commercial kitchen from our own tomatoes and basil!
<>	Eggs will be avaliable, and you sign up for those in addition to your share.

The Box Content List!
Here are some of the fruits, veggies, and other items we hope to include in the Winter Share, in some combination, over the course of the winter season:

Fruit:	Veggies:
Apples	Broccoli	Kale
Pineapple guavas	Beets (golden and red)	Leeks
Avocados (another farm's)	Cabbage (Napa, red, green)	Lettuce
Oranges (another farm's)	Carrots	Onions (another farm's)
Kiwis (another farm's)	Cauliflower	Parsnips (Mariquita farm's)
Bonus items:	Chard	Potatoes
Bread	Collard greens	Radishes
Canned LEF tomatoes	Fennel	Rutabagas and turnips
Dried shell beans	Green garlic	Winter squash: butternut, acorn, delicata, sweet dumpling, kabocha
Grains or flour	Jerusalem artichokes

Cost
There is just a flat cost, no monthly payment options, no special discounts.
These are the costs for the 2007/2008 Winter season:

$250	for the share itself (i.e, for 8 delivery weeks), and [10/22/07: the Winter Share is now sold out; to be on a waiting list in case more become available, click here to go to our contact form and let us know.]
$26	for the egg option (each 'option' equals a half-dozen eggs per delivery week. Yes, you can order more than one egg option.) [10/18/07: this option is now sold out]

Pick-up Locations and times
See "Pick-up Locations" under 'Becoming a Member', at left, if you are unfamiliar with where a location is. All pick-up times end at 8pm; site hosts will put lights on for when it's dark. Please respect our site hosts and honor the pick-up curfews. No next-day pick-ups please, the shares will be gone.

Santa Cruz County:	pick-up times:
Watsonville (here at the farm)	10am - 8pm
Aptos/Wavecrest Montessori (new!)	Noon - 8pm
Soquel (new!)	Noon - 8pm
Seabright	Noon - 8pm
West Santa Cruz/Baldwin	Noon - 8pm
Scotts Valley/Skypark	Noon - 8pm
Santa Clara County:	pick-up times:
Los Gatos/University Ave.	2pm - 8pm
Willow Glen/Chabrant	2pm - 8pm
Santa Clara	2pm - 8pm
Sunnyvale	2pm - 8pm

Pick-up Schedule for 2007/2008 Winter Season
Remember, Santa Clara County people, all pick-ups are on Wednesdays, not Thursdays like you're used to!