CSA Harvest - Week 3

Wow, it has been a very productive and fast week here. We finished constructing the game fence! Fence building is hard work (my Dad is awesome and did most of this hard work) but it is complete and looks fabulous, and most importantly it means deer will not be stopping by the Early Bird Gardens salad bar anytime soon. Wahoo!

Yesterday I transplanted the paste tomatoes, ground cherries, tomatillos, green chilis and eggplant in the field and seeded more cucumbers. Woo wee, it was a long windy day but it felt great to get everything in the ground. Grow veggies grow! 

This week's CSA Share will include the following:   

Salad Greens

Head Lettuce

Kale or Chard

Bok Choy or Asian Cabbage

Snap Peas

Radishes or Turnips

Green Garlic

Basil

Endive

I look forward to seeing everybody tomorrow afternoon, please remember to bring your bag(s). 

CSA Harvest - Week 2

Hello Everyone, 

The CSA Share for Wednesday, June 19th will include the following:

Salad Greens
Spinach
Radishes
Green Garlic
Choice of: Kale or Chard
Choice of: Mustard Greens or                         Bok Choy
Head Lettuce
Basil

The CSA pick up today will be at the same location between 4:30 and 6:00 pm. Remember to bring your bag(s)! I will have a teaser basket of sweet snap peas to snack on during pick-up. 

See you then, Enjoy! 

Blooming

The snap peas are blooming, keep your finger crossed for a bountiful pea harvest soon!

I pruned and trellised the early planting of tomatoes Thursday morning and guess what I found, the Black Krims and Green Zebras are setting fruit as well as the cherry tomato varieties. Mmm, it is only a matter of time.

The sweet peppers are flowering like crazy and setting fruit as well...

And the edible flowers are starting to bloom. Pansies and nasturtiums, yum! Psst, sometimes I think about just growing flowers.

Yesterday afternoon I seeded beans and transplanted the winter squash! In the coming days we will be transplanting the melons, zucchini, green chiles and ground cherries into the field. And if there's space (and time) I may experiment with a small corn patch.

Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful Dad's out there!

CSA Harvest - Week 1

Hello Everyone, 

Harvest season has begun and I am happy to report the first CSA Share was beautiful. Despite the very warm temperatures, it is Spring and we will be enjoying greens, greens and more greens over the next few weeks.  

This week's CSA Share included the following:

Spinach
Salad Greens
Radishes
Green Garlic
Bok Choy
Mustard Greens
Choice of: Kale or Chard
Basil
Herbs (Parsley, Thyme or Mint)

It was really nice to see everybody yesterday! 

Growing Fast

The warmer temperatures have sped up growth at the farm and everything really popped this week. Exciting!

The basil in the greenhouse is looking (and smelling) delicious. 

The fava beans are getting taller and the radishes are just starting to fill out. 

I seeded trays of broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, mustard greens, kohlrabi, kale, etc earlier in the week. These will be transplanted in a month for the fall harvest. 

And, the apple trees are blooming and look beautiful!