Good morning,
How is it already the last week of July?! Eek. Summer slow down and stay a while... please.
We have been blessed with clouds the last couple days which have made for wonderful weeding and harvesting conditions. And I am happy to report it feels like we're starting to catch up on projects around here. The field is mostly weeded, mostly being the key word there. We're going to make a final push to tackle a few sections in the coming days as it looks like next week rain arrives, fingers crossed! We could use a couple rainy days... aka time in the kitchen!
We set up trellis for a row of pole beans on Monday, woohoo! Climbing beans are gorgeous... we seeded Rattlesnakes Beans, which are on of my favorites for fresh eating and Borlotto Gaston, an Italian cranberry bean that is gorgeous, delicious, meaty and huge. I grew them for the first time last season and fell in love. Grow beauties grow!
Brassicas are so beautiful! I cannot get enough... the kale is growing like mad and these storage kohlrabi are, well, enormous. Enjoy the broccoli this week, I squealed with excitement while harvesting it. The cauliflower is just starting to form heads, they're about golf ball size at the moment.
We'll be seeding the next round of greens tomorrow, salad greens, arugula, mustard greens, lettuce trays, etc. FYI, in the weeding madness I think we missed a salad mix and arugula seeding so those may not be in the shares over the next couple weeks but more are on the way.
Cherry tomatoes are on and they taste like summer! I harvested a few heirlooms this week too... so we should be enjoying those in no time. Wahoo!
OK, onto the harvest details, CSA Harvest - Week #8:
Salad Greens
Kale
Chard
Carrots
Beets
Scallions
Broccoli
Cabbage
Zucchini
Cherry Tomatoes!
Cilantro
Basil
Garlic
Have a wonderful day! See you all this afternoon
Good morning,
I slept in a little bit and right as I was pouring a cup of coffee this water color of a sunrise began to unfold. So I ran outside in PJs, spilling coffee all over the place to get a couple photos and enjoy the gorgeous light. Mmmmm hmmm.
AND, IT RAINED!!
We have been asking and hoping for rain for weeks and on Monday evening a storm rolled through and it rained quite a bit and made for a rather muddy harvest morning yesterday, which I loved. The air was cool, the plants were happy and clouds moved in and out.
And last night... around 9:30 or 10 thunder clouds rolled in and it poured! The skies opened up and dropped a heavy and steady rain for an hour or so and then it continued to rain more throughout the night. Aaaahh, so wonderful. The ground is soaked, the plants love it and I am about to put on my rain (err mud) boots to finish up a few harvest items this morning before heading your way.
We have been weeding fools around here but I think we're about to get a handle on them, fingers crossed.
We finished pulling and hanging the last of the garlic and french shallots on Friday, wahoo! And we turned in a lot of the early spring beds that were bolting and past their prime and I seeded the next round of greens.
The zucchini and cucumbers are blooming, so we should have those in the shares very soon and the cherry tomatoes are oh so close. In the next week or two you will be enjoying these little jewels!
We are already 7 weeks in to the CSA Season, which means Summer is flying by a little too fast. I will be sending out details and reminding people to sign up for the Fall CSA next week. Yes, it's middle of Summer but this girl is thinking about and planning Fall harvests. Always looking forward.
This week's share includes the following:
Salad Greens
Arugula
Lacinato Kale
Chard
Cilantro
Carrots
Beets
Kohlrabi
Scallions
Broccoli
Peas (probably the last of the season)
See everybody this afternoon, probably in rain gear!
Good morning!
Coffee and the calm of this early morning are heavenly. Mmmm, I'm writing my to-do list for the day and will head outside shortly to finish this week's CSA Harvest. CSA Members, thank you for joining us this season! I'm happy to report this has been our most bountiful start to a season yet and looking out at the field I think that will continue as the season progresses. I hope you're finding inspiration in the kitchen to use up all those greens and veggies that you're maybe not so familiar with.
We spent a couple days harvesting and hanging garlic this week. All of the softnecks are out of the field and hung and most of the hard necks are as well. Woohoo!
We have had a couple amazing friends helping us out at the farm and we're starting to get a handle on the weeds (fingers crossed that doesn't change as soon as I state it!). The brassicas are weeded and huge so hopefully they'll take over and be set for the season.
The zucchini are weeded and flowering and beans are right behind them. Next up... weeding and thinning the beets, carrots and parsnip.
The cherry tomatoes are close, I have found a few ready for snacking so we should be harvesting these to share in no time.
We seeded a round of fall brassicas last week and they're already up and growing. Yes, it's the middle of Summer but we're already thinking about Fall and the many things we want to have available for our Fall CSA.
Ok, on to the harvest details for Week #6:
Salad Greens
Head Lettuce
Arugula
Kale
Chard
Kohlrabi
Carrots
Scallions
Peas
Basil
Cilantro
Pepper! (Green bell of Beaver Dam **my favorite)
Good morning,
We'll be seeding the next round of greens tomorrow, salad greens, arugula, mustard greens, lettuce trays, etc. FYI, in the weeding madness I think we missed a salad mix and arugula seeding so those may not be in the shares over the next couple weeks but more are on the way. 
