May 29th, 2013

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ATTENTION CSA MEMBERS!
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN
FOR A SPECIAL MESSAGE!

  Don’t Forget!
This Saturday evening is our first

OUTDOOR MOVIE of the season!
Check out the Facebook event for
more information HERE!
Interested in greening your roof and saving some serious money?!
Anacostia Watershed Society has
everything to help you out!


For more info: www.anacostiaws.org

*Lancaster Farm Fresh*
CSA Members

Thank you so much for supporting the farm to table movement and choosing OLD CITY Farm and Guild as your drop-off location!  This is a fantastic service that we are offering you, the community!

CSA Drop-off is Thursday
from 4:00pm – 7:30pm

Q: What if I cant pick it up?
A: We do not have refrigeration or enough indoor space to accommodate shares that are not picked up.  If you are unable to pick-up your share by 7:30pm on Thursday, we cannot guarantee holding it.  If you call ahead, we can hold it as late as Friday by 7:00pm.  Any shares not accounted for will be given out and/or delivered to Bread for the City.

Q: When can I pick up my share?
A: On Thursdays we open at 4:00pm.  Our gates are closed before 4:00pm and our staff are busy taking care of the plants and organizing for pick-up time.  From 4:00pm – 7:30pm is the official pick-up time for CSA members.

Please Note

We support Lancaster Farm’s effort to reduce waste by re-using card-board boxes.  Please bring a bag to pick-up your produce so we can try to save some paper (or cardboard).

If you have any questions for us about hours or holding shares please don’t hesitate to contact us.
202-412-CITY or email us at oldcityfarm@gmail.com

If you have specific questions about your
share, pricing, etc.
Please contact Lancaster Farm Fresh
www.lancasterfarmfresh.com

 

If you have any questions…
Please email us at OLDCITYgreen@gmail.com
or call us at 202 – 412 – 2489
Crossings by Ravi Shankar

Between forest and field, a threshold like stepping from a cathedral into the street- the quality of air alters, an eclipse lifts,

boundlessness opens, earth itself retextured into weeds where woods once were. Even planes of motion shift from vertical
navigation to horizontal quiescence: there’s a standing invitation to lie back as sky’s unpredictable theater proceeds.
Suspended in this ephemeral moment after leaving a forest, before entering a field, the nature of reality is revealed.

April 18th, 2013

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Salutations!
The plants are loving this rainy Thursday morning,
in the Nations Capital!

 

 

 Speaking of plants, you need
to check out our diverse selection!

 In addition to our magnificent selection of ornamental plants for your garden, we are living true to our word, and expanding our selection of edible and native plants!

We’ve got a huge selection of herbs and veggies,
and we’ve got a truckload of fruit trees, and tons of natives are on their way!

 

Blueberries, asparagus, tomatoes, basil, zinnias, pansies, begonias, Japanese maples, organic compost, perennials for the sun & shade, pottery and much much more….

LIKE, local, organic compost and potting soil from
Chesapeake Compost Works
(Frank is thrilled about that!)


You NAME it, we’ve GOT it!
(And if we don’t, we’d be happy to try and order it for you!) 

 

 

 

Words of the Week
Kinship
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
1850 – 1919

I am the voice of the voiceless;
Through me the dumb shall speak,
Till the deaf world’s ear be made to hear
The wrongs of the wordless weak.

From street, from cage and from kennel,
From stable and zoo, the wail
Of my tortured kin proclaims the sin
Of the mighty against the frail.

Oh, shame on the mothers of mortals,
Who have not stopped to teach
Of the sorrow that lies in dear, dumb eyes,
The sorrow that has no speech.

The same force formed the sparrow
That fashioned man the king;
The God of the whole gave a spark of soul
To furred and to feathered thing.

And I am my brother’s keeper,
And I will fight his fight,
And speak the word for beast and bird,
Till the world shall set things right.