CamelBackyard

Happy New Year!!

CamelBackyard will be switching accounts to New Roots Phoenix, come follow us!!

Same content and services on our new account- we are just simplifying in 2023 to improve our impact.

Please support New Roots at CamelBackyard Urban Farm through our CSA, monthly Farm Stand and participation in our community garden. 😊❤️

Another CSA recap! This is the second to last box of the season, and boy is it a beauty! Winter harvesting has begun, and this box included specialty ingredients such as Bok Choy, Radishes, Turnips and a grapefruit! 😋😁

Sign up for Winter 2023 today on our website 😄

Did you know it can frost overnight in Phoenix?🥶🥶

It doesn’t happen very often, but when it does it’s important to protect your plants! Frost can seriously damage or even kill fruits and vegetables.

CamelBackyard helps keep plants warm with frost cloth. Frost cloth traps humidity and heat to insulate plants, placed in a manner that creates a tent around them.

Cloth is beneficial as it dries faster than other materials, is breathable and lightweight for delicate plants 🌱

We eat our greens here at CamelBackyard! The produce box this week contained mixed peppers, thai basil, chard, arugula, salad mix, a crookneck pumpkin, oregano, parsley and kale! All for $25 🤯

Thank you to our subscribers, supporters and farmers! Do you want to buy local organic produce from the Phoenix area? Great news! We are holding our monthly New Roots farm stand December 17th 8am-12pm. We hope to see you there 😀

The many faces of our CSA subscribers! Thanks a bunch for your loyalty and support ❤️

The Winter 2023 season is upon us! Sign up for our waitlist on our website!

Our CSA box this week was full of color! 🌶️🍆🥬

Did you know you should be eating all the colors of the rainbow? Different fruits and veggies contain different nutrients and vitamins that are beneficial to your health! For example, Swiss chard contains vitamins A, K, and C.

If you aren’t signed up for our CSA box but would like to buy local organic produce, CamelBackyard will be hosting a farm stand on Saturday November 19th from 8am-12pm! Check out our website for more info

Chores are an everyday thing when maintaining a farm! 💪🚜

Each day the tilapia are fed which provides nutrient rich water to the aquaponics system and plants. These little (or big) guys are always eager to see us with a cup of food in our hands!

A byproduct of this system are snails, which can clog up the pipes in the greenhouse, blocking water going to the vegetables. New Roots community outreach intern, Makenna, is completing a “snail check” in the photo, to clear them out. 🐌

While most plants and vegetables at the site run on irrigation, potted plants need watering weekly in order to keep our garden looking fresh and beautiful. ☀️🌼

Weekly CSA Box Recap🥬🌶️🥒

We had our second CSA box this week, for our customers subscribed to 10 weeks of fresh weekly produce! Based on the items in the box on the first slide, can you guess the mystery produce on the second slide?? Comment down below ⬇️⬇️

Thank you to our produce box customers! Our team works hard each Wednesday to make your boxes, and we are so glad to be able to give people access to organic local produce!

If you are interested in signing up for our Winter CSA, the waitlist is on our website.

This past week we had our first weekly CSA subscription distribution! The fall season will be full of varieties of greens and veggies. This week, our featured produce item is Molokhia, or "Egyptian Spinach”. It can be eaten raw or cooked in sauté. It tastes like parsley, with a mild bitter edge to it. Other items included in this week's box were eggplant, radish, okra, green beans, chard, peppers, basil and cucumber.

Our produce boxes start off with harvesting and drop off by growers in the morning, the team assembles each box during the afternoon, and we anxiously await our customers for pick up from 4-6pm.

It was so great meeting everyone and learning how they found out about our program! One customer even said "I've been looking for something like this for so long" We look forward to seeing our customers each week and supplying them with great organic produce.

If you'd like to join our waitlist for the Winter CSA box, check our website!

Join us this weekend at CamelBackyard for gardening tasks such as w**ding, woodchip maintenance and cleaning out garden beds!

Please RSVP/reach out about volunteering by sending an email to Morgan,
[email protected]

The CamelBackyard Farm Stand is back!
Every 3rd Saturday of the month come out and purchase local, organic, fresh produce.

Our CamelBackyard Farm Stand accepts Double up Food Bucks for a 50% discount with an EBT card and SFMNP + FMNP coupons. The site is conveniently located to public transport and the light rail.

Farm Stand dates for the coming months:
October 15th
November 19th
December 17th

We also have opportunities for volunteers. Bring the whole family along at 8AM for w**d pulling, planting and watering!

Please DM us or contact Morgan Kennedy at [email protected] with any additional questions!

Sign up now for the Fall 2022 New Roots CSA at CamelBackyard!

We made some changes to the CSA this season and are now offering $25/box for a full 10 week CSA share or a half 5 week bi-weekly CSA share from October 19th - December 21st.

Plus 50% off CSA subscriptions when using EBT with Double Up Food Bucks!

Check out the CamelBackyard website for more information and sign up by October 14th.