First week of CSA is here!
We feel very proud this year that we are able to a offer you a little bit more selection in these meager first few weeks of the CSA than we have in the past years. Hooray for climate change, right? We were able to plant beets outside in March!!
In the above photos you can see the change in tomatoes and cucumbers in the hoophouse from April to May. The second photo is about 2 weeks old and they are about 3 times that size now! Note the new insect netting installed on the sides of the hoophouse. This allows the sides to be rolled up for ventilation yet it keeps out insects. Most notably cucmber beetles which eat our cucmber plants and devastate them by spreading bacterial wilt.
You may wonder if the insect netting excludes insects, how will pollinators get in to pollinate the cucmbers. Well we have to grow parthenocarpic varieties which means they can set fruit without pollinating. That's handy huh?

Crop update:
Probably no broccoli again this summer due to flea beetles and slugs
Cilantro plantings have bolted already due to heat
Our peas are about as poor as usual
And the flea beetles and slugs have delayed our kale harvest by a few weeks

That's the bad news...everything else is looking pretty darn good. And we are up to date on our planting schedule! Which is nice because our time for farmwork is drastically reduced with the start of farmers' markets and harvesting every other day.

On a personal note our pregnant dairy goat had two kids last week - one buckling and one doeling - and they both seem very healthy and playful thus far. Photos to follow.


This week's CSA options:
Pea Sprouts
Lettuce
Spicy Mix
Baby Carrots
Beets
Spinach
Garlic Scapes
Beans from Cayuga Pure Organics
Flour from Farmer Ground Flour

next week's expected vegetables:
Sunflower and Peas Sprouts
Lettuce
Lettuce Mix
Spicy Mix
Baby Carrots
Beets
Garlic Scapes
a few cucmbers??!!
a few squash??!!