CSA Harvest - Week 4

Happy Summer!! 

Wonderful and quick week here.

The sweet peas started blooming and are intoxicating. Oh my gosh. Note to self, grow many more of these next season. 

Melons went in on Sunday morning, we pruned and trellised more tomaotes and seeded the next succession of root crops. Grow veggies grow!

Who is getting anxious for the first tomato of the season...? I can feel it coming. Maybe in the next few weeks?! 

OK, here are the harvest details:

Salad Greens
Chard or Kale
Head Lettuce
Turnips or Radishes
Basil
Rhubarb
Garlic Scapes
Bok Choy
Green Coriander
Edible Flowers
Green Garlic?

Sourdough flavor of the week: Rye with Caraway Seeds. Oh yes. 

CSA Harvest - Week 3

 

Good morning.

Mmmm, the sky is calm this morning. It feels so relaxing compared to the wind that has been ripping through for the past couple days. I think it is supposed to get breezy again later... but I am going to enjoy the calmness while it lasts. 

Lovely week here. My little brother is in town so there has been goofiness and laughter filling the days. The to do lists in the garden are endless in June and it's wonderful to have him here to pull me away from the garden. Thanks Jim!

I noticed the honeybees returning to their hive with purple pollen earlier in the week. Purple! I was curious to see where they were collecting it and after a little searching I found tons of bees on the  flowering cilantro. So gorgeous!

We have one last big push of planting this week. Melons, late summer greens, eggplant and... flowers! Sunflowers, zinnias, marigolds, pansies, cosmos. I can see the garden overflowing with color now.

OK, I'm off to harvest. 

CSA Harvest - Week 3:

Salad Greens

Spinach

Kale or Chard

Bok Choy

Broccoli or Garlic Scapes

Basil?

Turnips or Radishes

Scallions

Herbs (Oregano, Mint or Lemon Balm)

Edible Flowers

CSA Harvest - Week 2

It is starting to feel as though all the pieces are coming together. The gardens are almost planted, veggies are growing and the harvests are in full swing.  Completing the first harvest and sharing the Spring bounty with everyone last week was wonderful.  I hope you enjoyed the first dose of greens and are ready for more!

This week included a lot of weeding, seeding the fall brassica trays and bed preparation for hot crops. We seeded dry beans on Sunday and transplanted the winter squash and summer squash yesterday.  Next up, melons, the second round of green beans and a few outside tomatoes and eggplant. 

There are a few hiccups along the way though... for instance yesterday I noticed some bugs on the winter squash,  which I think may be thrips. Eek! We are going to try combatting them with some beneficial insects and a couple tricks I read about last night. Fingers crossed we can get them in check so the winter squash can thrive!

The first planting of tomatoes were getting pretty wild in the greenhouse and are now pruned and trellised. While pruning I discovered quite a few tomatoes already forming. Yum!

CSA Harvest - Week 2
Salad Greens
Spinach
Bok Choy
Kale or Chard
Radishes
Scallions
Edible Flowers
Micro Greens or Baby Kale/Chard
Herbs (Lemon Balm, Oregano or Mint)

Sourdough flavor of the week: Seeded (Quinoa, Oats, Sunflower, Sesame and Flax)

Have a lovely day,
Mindy

Harvest Time

Hey hey. Its June... how did that happen?! CSA Harvests started this morning. Yay!

Greens greens greens. 

The past week was a blur, we accomplished a lot but I am having a hard time remembering the details... I planted a block of peppers in Montrose to keep the fava beans and onions company. We seeded a patch of corn, a lot of beans and the first of many watermelons. Mmmm, the heat and wind yesterday made me so thirsty for watermelon.

The third hoop house is complete and already filled with tomatoes and peppers. 

We took advantage of the beautiful early morning hours  yesterday and seeded arugula and the next succession of salad greens. The second round of bok choy, asian cabbage and kohlrabi are now in the ground as well as the celery. 

Enough rambling... onto the harvest details. 

CSA Harvest - Week 1:

Salad Greens

Spinach

Scallions

Asian Cabbage
Bok Choy

Kale or Chard
Mustard Greens

Edible Flowers

Herbs (Lemon Balm, Oregano or Chives)

Have a beautiful day!