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In 2010, we have three locations where members can pick-up their vegetables in a farmers' market-like setting, and three locations where pre-boxed shares will be delivered / dropped-off. We ask our CSA members to choose one pick-up location which will remain constant throughout the season. Please read on to learn more about these options.

Pick-up Locations:

Tuesday 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

We set up our distribution site under the shade of trees next to the larger parking lot adjacent to the garden center. If you drive to this location, please park your vehicle in a normal parking space, not directly in front of the pick-up location. Please respect that garden center operations are ongoing during the pick-up period.

Colchester Farm
31285 Georgetown Cemetery Road, Galena, MD 21635

Friday 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Turn off route 213 onto Georgetown Cemetery Road, which is paved. You’ll pass a home on your left, and a cemetery on your right --- the road transitions rather quickly from paved to a dirt road. The turn onto Georgetown Cemetery Road is a right hand turn if you’re heading south on Rt. 213 from Cecil County; a left hand turn if you’re heading north on Rt. 213 from Galena. The dirt road leading back to the farm is a single lane; you may need to pull off to the side of the road to let someone else by. We ask that you drive slowly to reduce damage to the farm lane, and because the farm lane, despite our best efforts, is uneven and frequently riddled with potholes. Drive carefully! When you come to the end of the farm lane, you’ll see a white house in front of you. At this point, take a right hand turn in order to find our small red veggie shed. You may park in front of the shed, but please do not leave your vehicle running. Bathroom facilities are available. Click here to see a map of Colchester Farm.

Saturday 8:00 am to 10:00 am

We will offer a limited number of CSA shares for pick-up during the early hours of the Chestertown Farmers Market. We understand that a weekday afternoon isn’t convenient for everyone; the farmers market pick-up option is meant to accommodate those who couldn't participate in the past due to their weekday schedules. We will plan to harvest enough to have a good selection for members, plus additional produce to sell to market goers. Though the farmers market runs from 8am-12noon each week, we recommend members selecting a farmers market pick-up option arrive early for best selection, since we will sell our produce to non-members that day. Please contact us if you are interested in this option.

General pick-up instructions:
Please arrive at your pick-up location during the designated time-frame. If you arrive early, we are unlikely to be fully set-up; we ask that you wait until we indicate it's ok to begin selecting your vegetables.

When you arrive at your pick-up location, please:

• Park in a reasonable location so you are not obstructing traffic;


• Sign in with the CSA manager, or one of our friendly interns or volunteers;


• Remember to bring your own bags or boxes; we are always happy to assist you with your vegetables, but we cannot guarantee we’ll have anything for you to put your produce in. We accept donations of plastic and paper bags that we can make available for other CSA members to use;


• Read the dry erase board with the list of what is available for your share that day. It will list each vegetable and the amount that constitutes a unit. Some items will be bunched or pre-boxed, while other items you must weigh yourself; scales are provided. Usually, you can take more than one unit of a given vegetable. However, at times, when supplies of a given vegetable are limited, we may limit that item to one unit per CSA member in an attempt to make it available to all members;


• Please leave pets in your vehicle;


• Feel free to ask questions. We will always have someone available to help explain our pick-up system and answer any questions you may have.

If you go on vacation or know ahead of time that you will not be able to pick up your share, you can either send a friend or neighbor to pick up your share on your designated day or you can arrange ahead of time to pick up at the alternate pick-up location that week. Please call or email the farm manager at least 24 hrs in advance so that we can plan accordingly.

If you do not manage to pick-up your share (you forgot, something came up, etc.), you may not collect your share on a different day. We are unable to hold produce for you to pick-up another day --- please only pick-up on your designated day unless you've made explicit arrangements with the farm manager.

Boxed Shares:
On a harvest day, before making produce available to members who pick-up their share, we pack boxes for delivery to CSA members at various drop-off points. Usually, a CSA member coordinates the drop-off location and is responsible for picking up the boxes of produce at the farm and delivering them to other CSA members. Unlike CSA members who come to one of our two pick-up locations, members with boxes cannot hand select their produce. However, just like all CSA members, you receive the correct number of units based on your purchased share size each week; Colchester Farm CSA staff packs your box carefully and thoughtfully.

Please remember to bring back the box in which you received your share the previous week. We expect to reuse all boxes. Help us prevent waste and keep costs down --- return your box!

Drop-off locations:
Purple Sage Herbs and Gifts
(41 W Main St Middletown, DE 19709)
Boxes will be delivered Friday afternoons.

Dover, DE
Boxes will be delivered Friday afternoons.

Wye Research and Education Center
(124 Wye Narrows Drive Queenstown, Maryland 21658)
Boxes will be delivered to this location on Wednesday mornings.