Hey all, I’ve created a little video update for this past week: I hope that it’s informative and fun to watch!
Updates
CSA Update for July 2nd and 6th
First it was the rain and now it is really HOT and muggy. These are the days we question our sanity about being farmers!
The warm weather and wet fields are good for many crops, but also favor the weeds. Much effort is getting put into trying to keep the weeds down on the farm this year. One reason we planted the mustard (which got harrowed over the weekend) was to smother weeds. It seems to be successful and was quite pretty. We are sad to see it gone, but will plant it again on another part of the farm soon. The vetch near the exit of the farm was mowed down, so we can get the field ready for our fall crops. The vetch keeps down weeds too and adds nitrogen to the soil.
Snap peas are done for the season, but shelling peas will make an appearance in your basket this week. New potatoes will be in your basket this week too. They are uncured, so the skin is quite easy to peel off. One of the advantages of buying local is getting to try crops in ways that you won’t often get at the supermarket. We hope you enjoy them.
CSA Update June 29
More rain, maybe we should have grown water lilies this year! It has also been very hot this month. High heat slows down and stresses the cool weather crops like lettuce, spinach, bok choy and peas. Snap peas stopped flowering this week, the spinach has bolted and garlic scapes are gone for the season.
Other crops enjoy the warmer days of summer. Broccoli has headed up, zucchini is flowering and many of our potatoes are flowering too. Carrots and beets are sizing up and likely to show up in shares within a few weeks.
Tree swallows have been visiting the farm. It has been wonderful to watch these birds forage for insects over the fields over the past week. The mustard flowers continue to attract honey bees, when it is quiet you can hear them buzzing!
-Mike, Hermik, Narineh, Abby, Hadley
Happy Summer!
Hey all! Welcome to Summertime.
June 15th marked the opening of our farm stand, which went swimmingly. We’re planning on opening up our friday farmstand hours July 12th, but we’re still a little unsure, so stay tuned! CSA is going great– we’ve got a couple of pictures the shares on our flickr, if you want to check them out.
So far we’ve worked through our spinach and radish crops, so sadly those are done for the season. Bok Choi and kohlrabi are still hanging in there, but only for another week or so– same goes for sweet peas. We just pulled up cilantro, and arugula today, but we have more of the arugula coming up soon! We’ve got lettuce, loose leaf and head, for a few more weeks, and Kale and Swiss Chard are going nuts. Scapes are gone, but fresh garlic is here, and the scallions are bangin’. We’ve spotted some really fat heads of broccoli, so we’re hoping to have some of those guys in the stand this saturday– not to mention a little birdy made mention of some early potatoes…
So we hope to see you all this Saturday at the stand, and be sure to stay cool!
CSA Update for June 25
It is HOT outside! This is the weather that slows down and stresses the cool weather crops like lettuce, spinach, bok choy and peas. Peas should last a few more weeks, the spinach has bolted and garlic scapes are gone for the season.
Other crops enjoy the warmer days of summer. Broccoli is heading up, zucchini is flowering and many of our potatoes are flowering too. Carrots and beets are sizing up and likely to show up in shares within a few weeks.
Tree swallows have been visiting the farm. It has been wonderful to watch these birds forage for insects over the fields over the past week. The mustard flowers continue to attract honey bees, when it is quiet you can hear them buzzing!