Support Your Local Farmers' Market
Trollhaven/Bandy Farms Weekend CSA Boxes
To make up for the loss of our neighborhood farmers market this weekend, we're excited to offer fresh produce to you directly. Bandy Farms is starting a CSA delivery, so that you can continue to get fresh produce straight from the orchard and from the fields. You can continue to integrate healthy food into your day. You can support local farms, and help us build community.
So what is a CSA? The acronym stands for "Community Supported Agriculture."
How does it work? We'll offer you a choice of boxes that include fresh produce from our organic orchards, as well as fresh veggies from other local organic farms, and you can pick it up here at Bandy Farms, 950 Gardiner Beach Rd.
We're offering three options, all named for three of our favorite animals here on the farm:
CSA Box One: Cleo's Combo Fruit and Granola Box, $25
Cleo the labradoodle LOVES all of the fruit here on the farm. Sometimes she eats it, sometimes she thinks the apples are a ball to fetch. Either way, she's a fan.
The Cleo's Combo box will vary from week to week with what we're picking here. This week, the Cleo's combo will include:
* Nijisseiki Pears/Asian Pears, Gravenstein heirloom Apples, Italian plums, and Bandy Farms Troll Snacks homemade granola. (approx. 5+ lbs fruit)
* No Bandy Farms fruit box is complete without Troll Snacks - our homemade granola.
CSA Box Two: The Bunny Box, $25
Yes, we have bunnies here at the farm. And while they like the fruit, they LOVE the veggies.
Our all organic veggies come directly from Red Dog farms in Chimacum, and we'll vary what's in the Bunny Box each week to maximize what's fresh, bright and fun.
This week's Bunny Box will include carrots, beets, leeks, potatoes, arugula, rainbow chard, zucchini and sweet onions.
CSA Box Three: The Maximus, $50
Maximus is our Percheron draft horse. OK, not just a horse.....a massive horse - as in, bigger than a Moose. Yep, Maximus is a Big Horse, and that means Maximus needs a Big Box.
In the Maximus CSA box, you'll get the best of both worlds from the two boxes above - straight from the tree orchard produce from Bandy Farms, Troll Snacks granola, organic veggies from Red Dog farms, and for extra measure some Maximus-approved baked goodies from Nancy, our star local baker here in Gardiner.
PM your order directly on Nextdoor or text Jennifer at 206-683-5150. Pick up at the barn, 950 Gardiner Beach Rd, Sat., Aug 29th, between 10-2.
Thank you neighbors! Spread the word. We look forward to seeing you
To make up for the loss of our neighborhood farmers market this weekend, we're excited to offer fresh produce to you directly. Bandy Farms is starting a CSA delivery, so that you can continue to get fresh produce straight from the orchard and from the fields. You can continue to integrate healthy food into your day. You can support local farms, and help us build community.
So what is a CSA? The acronym stands for "Community Supported Agriculture."
How does it work? We'll offer you a choice of boxes that include fresh produce from our organic orchards, as well as fresh veggies from other local organic farms, and you can pick it up here at Bandy Farms, 950 Gardiner Beach Rd.
We're offering three options, all named for three of our favorite animals here on the farm:
CSA Box One: Cleo's Combo Fruit and Granola Box, $25
Cleo the labradoodle LOVES all of the fruit here on the farm. Sometimes she eats it, sometimes she thinks the apples are a ball to fetch. Either way, she's a fan.
The Cleo's Combo box will vary from week to week with what we're picking here. This week, the Cleo's combo will include:
* Nijisseiki Pears/Asian Pears, Gravenstein heirloom Apples, Italian plums, and Bandy Farms Troll Snacks homemade granola. (approx. 5+ lbs fruit)
* No Bandy Farms fruit box is complete without Troll Snacks - our homemade granola.
CSA Box Two: The Bunny Box, $25
Yes, we have bunnies here at the farm. And while they like the fruit, they LOVE the veggies.
Our all organic veggies come directly from Red Dog farms in Chimacum, and we'll vary what's in the Bunny Box each week to maximize what's fresh, bright and fun.
This week's Bunny Box will include carrots, beets, leeks, potatoes, arugula, rainbow chard, zucchini and sweet onions.
CSA Box Three: The Maximus, $50
Maximus is our Percheron draft horse. OK, not just a horse.....a massive horse - as in, bigger than a Moose. Yep, Maximus is a Big Horse, and that means Maximus needs a Big Box.
In the Maximus CSA box, you'll get the best of both worlds from the two boxes above - straight from the tree orchard produce from Bandy Farms, Troll Snacks granola, organic veggies from Red Dog farms, and for extra measure some Maximus-approved baked goodies from Nancy, our star local baker here in Gardiner.
PM your order directly on Nextdoor or text Jennifer at 206-683-5150. Pick up at the barn, 950 Gardiner Beach Rd, Sat., Aug 29th, between 10-2.
Thank you neighbors! Spread the word. We look forward to seeing you
Gardiner Community
by Pat Nebel 'Old Timer'
Don’t blink or you might miss the community of Gardiner, on highway 101, about halfway between Port Townsend and Sequim. The only indication of the community is the private campground, the Wild Birds Unlimited store, the community center and Gardiner Community Church.
Gardiner is in Jefferson County, Washington, listed in the Quilcene phone book, is in the Sequim School District and has a Sequim Zip Code.
Many homes are built along the water to enjoy a view across the mouth of Discovery Bay with Diamond Point on the west, Beckett Point on the east and Protection Island bordering the shipping lanes on the Straight of Juan de Fuca. Beyond, the San Juan Islands are silhouetted against the skyline.
The old school house was purchased by Jefferson County and became the Gardiner Community center. The building has been the center for many local activities like the Garden Club, Rhododendron Grange, North Olympic Council Square dancing, exercise programs, potluck dinners, birthday parties and Christmas programs. Friends and neighbors meet for a 4th of July picnic and get together at the boat ramp over the 3 day President’s Day weekend to help with the Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby.
We still see many small birds, bald eagles and blue herons, Canadian geese, crows, hummingbirds, robins and even a turkey buzzard or two. There are cattle and horses in the fields and until lately a small herd of buffalo. You might even see a coyote out in the middle of the day.
Some things have disappeared like the Gardiner Store and gas station and Post Office; Lobo Land and the howling of wolves at sundown; the train that went thru from Port Townsend to Port Angeles and it’s whistle in the middle of the night; people earning their living by cutting and hauling pulpwood or picking brush or digging clams and going fishing for cod fish and actually coming home with some for dinner.
Gardiner, for all it’s differences, it is still a nice place to live.
Gardiner is in Jefferson County, Washington, listed in the Quilcene phone book, is in the Sequim School District and has a Sequim Zip Code.
Many homes are built along the water to enjoy a view across the mouth of Discovery Bay with Diamond Point on the west, Beckett Point on the east and Protection Island bordering the shipping lanes on the Straight of Juan de Fuca. Beyond, the San Juan Islands are silhouetted against the skyline.
The old school house was purchased by Jefferson County and became the Gardiner Community center. The building has been the center for many local activities like the Garden Club, Rhododendron Grange, North Olympic Council Square dancing, exercise programs, potluck dinners, birthday parties and Christmas programs. Friends and neighbors meet for a 4th of July picnic and get together at the boat ramp over the 3 day President’s Day weekend to help with the Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby.
We still see many small birds, bald eagles and blue herons, Canadian geese, crows, hummingbirds, robins and even a turkey buzzard or two. There are cattle and horses in the fields and until lately a small herd of buffalo. You might even see a coyote out in the middle of the day.
Some things have disappeared like the Gardiner Store and gas station and Post Office; Lobo Land and the howling of wolves at sundown; the train that went thru from Port Townsend to Port Angeles and it’s whistle in the middle of the night; people earning their living by cutting and hauling pulpwood or picking brush or digging clams and going fishing for cod fish and actually coming home with some for dinner.
Gardiner, for all it’s differences, it is still a nice place to live.
Last Updated 02/05/2019