Over the last few weeks, Sarahlee Lawrence has been cutting up fifteen varieties of potatoes. She has pink ones, purple ones, blue ones and the standard run-of-the-mill white spuds. She's so excited about planting these bits of root vegetables for this year's harvest that her voice quickens.
“We've got the full gamut of vegetables from early greens to pumpkins,” Lawrence says. “It's going to be quite the experience.”
This may be an understatement for Lawrence as this is her first season running a CSA . Last year she tended and harvested a test garden on her family's 30-year-old farm, Lawrence Farm in Terrebonne, but this year she's growing three acres and two greenhouses worth of vegetables and flowers for her garden called Rainbow Organics. All season long, Lawrence will put together baskets of veggies and flowers for her CSA members and sell the remaining produce at the Northwest Crossing farmer's market. In addition, members are invited to tour her farm and participate in events such as a canning day.
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