Full-share memberships include a large reusable grocery bag that is about the size of a standard brown paper grocery bag. Half-share members will receive a bag that is about half the size of the full-share membership bag. You can bring your bag to the Farm each week and fill it with whatever you want and can use.

Yes. As a shareholder you can request additional produce, but sometimes at an additional cost. Whenever possible surplus items will be put out at the farm stand and marked as surplus. What shareholders do not take will go to the food bank, so we ask that you not take what you will not need for your family.

Additionally if there is a particular item you really want larger quantities of for canning please let the Garden Manager know and we will try to accommodate your request.


No. That is why we created the half share at reduced cost. You still get admission to the farm and a Christmas tree in December. And all the other benefits of the full share but you are not paying for food you don’t want or need.

We have been careful to select a wide variety produce and will do our best to make as much available as we can; however produce is not always ripe when we want it to be. If the first few weeks are a bit sparse we will do our best to compensate later as more of the harvest comes in.

By checking our Online Updates each week. Postings are normally up by the end of day on Mondays each week letting shareholders know what we will be picking that week.

Organic growing practices are employed on all of the gardens. This includes: compost and organic fertilizers, cover crops, mulch, and row covers. We avoid the use of potentially harmful chemicals such as pesticides, and herbicides. Though not certified 100% organic we feel our gardens enjoy the best growing practices to produce abundant healthy food. Please feel free to speak with any of our garden associates about how we grow food.

The Farm Stand will be open Wednesdays 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Please do not arrive any earlier than 4pm.

Yes, your free admission is good anytime during the 18 weeks harvest period,however you can only collect produce on harvest days.

Unfortunately we cannot make special provisions for interruptions in membership.

This is not currently an option we are offering at this time.

Charmingfare Gardens employs workers through multiple local programs that benefit youth workers. This will include High school students during summer vacation, Adult students who have dropped out of school but need work experience, and New Americans who have recently come to the USA and need opportunities to work and get their families settled in a new country.

Charmingfare Gardens CSA does not require shareholders to work in the gardens; however we do provide many of the crops as pick your own options. Beans, peas, pumpkins, can typically be picked by shareholders. Soon we will offer blueberries, strawberries, apples and raspberries as pick your own too.