Sunday, July 30, 2017

 The young butternuts.
 Just-hilled ginger with tomatoes on both sides in Folkenflik
 Cherry tomatoes forever!
Friends in the tool shed.

Small share choose 8, large share 10:




Leeks
Husk Cherries
Eggplant (maybe)
Sweet Onions
Green peppers
Ripe peppers
Cherry tomatoes
Basil
Tomatoes
Carrots
Green beans
Chard
Cucumbers
Zucchini
Garlic
Pea shoots
Sunflower shoots
Beets
Cabbage
Broccoli (maybe)
Lettuce mix
Scallions
Kale
Daikon radishes

Sunday, July 23, 2017

 We came across this stick bug while harvesting garlic
 The German White garlic is now curing in the barn. It looks great this year.
Carmen peppers ripening in Wade (the name of one of our hoophouses - as in Wade Goodwin) 

We are doing our best right now to stay on top of the mowing and weed elimination. Most of the planting is done for now and with all the rain we are devoting much of our time to keeping the weeds at bay. The leaf miners (a little fly) have been destroying the chard. With that and the disease pressure brought on by all this rain, we have been resorting to using more organic sprays than usual.

Small share choose 7, large share 9:

Husk Cherries
Eggplant (maybe)
Onions
Green peppers
Cherry tomatoes
Basil
Tomatoes
Carrots
Green beans
Chard
Cucumbers
Zucchini
Garlic
Pea shoots
Sunflower shoots
Pea shoots
Beets
Cabbage
Broccoli (maybe)
Lettuce mix
Scallions
Kale
Daikon radi

Sunday, July 16, 2017

 The roma tomatoes are looking good
 Sauerkraut anyone?
Bumblebees working the milkweed flowers

The farm is looking pretty good. Many of our fall crops have already been planted. If you are wondering where our onions and potatoes are, they seem to have been negatively affected by the cool, wet spring. Most of our onions are severely stunted and many of our early potatoes rotted in the ground. The potatoes we do have are also late in maturing. I think we will harvest the first variety of garlic this week.

Small share choose 7, large share choose 9:

Cherry tomatoes
Basil
Tomatoes
Carrots
Green beans
Chard
Cucumbers
Zucchini
Garlic
Pea shoots
Sunflower shoots
Beets
Cabbage
Broccoli (maybe)
Lettuce mix
Scallions
Kale
Daikon radishes
Flour

Sunday, July 9, 2017

 Broccoli time!

 Maybe someday we will have some ripe tomatoes.
We were planning on not getting baby chicks this year, but we changed our minds. We learned that Luna could get into the little coop we built for them. She got in there and just stared at them creepily.

6th week of CSA expected vegetables (Small share choose 7, large share choose 9):
Cherry tomatoes (maybe)
Green onions
Baby carrots
Green beans
Chard
Cucumbers
Zucchini (maybe...finally?)
Garlic scapes
Pea shoots
Sunflower shoots
Beets
Cabbage
Broccoli
Lettuce mix
Scallions
Kale
Daikon radishes
Flour

Sunday, July 2, 2017

 We have lost many chickens lately to an owl. We have been moving them frequently to deter the owl. Not sure what we are going to do if it continues to be a problem. We did order a new batch of chicks, though. They should be arriving this week.


 One of the "wierd solanaceas" we planted this year. Solanacea is the tomato family.
Uhhh...a river in our field. The rain can stop for a little while now!


5th week of CSA expected vegetables (Small share choose 7, large share choose 9):
Green onions
Baby carrots
Green beans
Chard
Cucumbers
Garlic scapes
Pea shoots
Sunflower shoots
Beets
Cabbage
Broccoli
Spinach
Lettuce mix
Scallions
Radishes
Salad turnips
Kale
Daikon radishes
Flour