A toad hiding in the dirt.

There are several different researchers doing studies at our farm this year. This one involves aphids on potatoes and the thing in the picture is an insect trap. This is a picture of a bed of potatoes before they sprouted. The one green plant behind the trap is tobacco. The researchers planted them among the potatoes as part of their study. We also have studies involving the Swede midge, tomato pests and diseases and the Colorado potato beetle.
Still no rain so we have the irrigation running every morning and every evening.

Expected vegetables for this week - choose 6:
baby carrots
romanesca caulifower
green beans
cilantro
beets or beet greens
pea shoots
sunflower shoots
radishes
white salad turnips
lettuce heads
lettuce mix
spinach
kale
chard
scallions
daikon radishes
watermelon radishes
potatoes
eggs (counts as 2 items)
flour
black beans

Well no rain today so that means we need to stop procrastinating and put together our irrigation tomorrow.
Expected vegetables for this week - choose 5:
cilantro
beet greens
pea shoots
radishes
white salad turnips
lettuce heads
lettuce mix
spicy mix
baby kale
spinach
kale
collards
chard
scallions
daikon radishes
watermelon radishes
potatoes
other available items: vegetable plants, eggs (1 dozen counts as two items), local organic flour and dry black beans,

 Tilling in some cover crop seeds before it rains. We trying a new cover crop here - something called Sunn hemp (not hemp at all, just misnamed). It is actually a fast growing legume!

 Beans on the left, two beds of tomatoes and tiny pepper plants on the right. They are growing fast in this heat!

CSA starts this week - pick up Grove Park, Monday 3-6 PM, Corning Farmers' Market, Thursday 10AM-3PM, Friday on farm, Noon-Dark.
Expected vegetables for this week - choose 5:
cilantro
beet greens
pea shoots
radishes
white salad turnips
lettuce heads
lettuce mix
spicy mix
baby kale
spinach
kale
collards
chard
scallions
daikon radishes
watermelon radishes
potatoes
other available items: vegetable plants, eggs (1 dozen counts as two items), local organic flour and dry black beans,

Muddy Fingers Farm Plant Sale Dates

Muddy Fingers Farm Plant Sale Days
On-Farm: 3859 Dugue Rd. Hector, NY

April 23 9:00 - 5:00 
We will have many different vegetable plants for sale for your early garden. Broccoli, cabbage, kale, chard, lettuce, onions, leeks, shallots, parsley.

May 21 9:00 - 5:00
We will have many vegetable and herb plants for your summer vegetable garden. Basil, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Celeriac, Chard, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Husk Cherries, Kale, Leeks, Lettuce, Onions, Parsley, Peppers, Pumpkins, Shallots, Summer Squash, Tomatoes, Tomatillos, Winter Squash. 

These plants will also be available for CSA members in the first two weeks of your CSA share in June. 

So we have 4 new high tunnels that are ready to have the plastic put on them. And we have two other tunnels already up and running on our farm. All of these high tunnels can get confusing when trying to communicate and differentiate among them all. So we decided they need names. We have 6 tunnels which need their own names. So we thought maybe there was somebody in the CSA with a creative mind to come up with some great names. Any suggestions?

Hoophouse construction invitation Sunday March 6 1:00 pm

Our new hoophouses in pieces.

 

We will be constructing our new hoophouses on Sunday afternoon March 6. We will start around 1:00 though you are welcome to show up later if you need. The weather looks relatively mild at this time.We anticipate spending a few hours on construction. We will have dinner prepared for anyone who would like to stay afterward. If you would like to come help, please, please, please RSVP and give us an idea on what time you plan to arrive. Thanks 

Hooray, we finally had drainage installed in our fields a couple weeks ago and while it created quite a mess we are hopefully it will help our vegetables grow more happily.

Event tonight:
Local Food Fest at the Union Hall in Corning from 5:00-8:00. We will be selling our usual supply of vegetables and promoting the CSA. Come on by and join the summer CSA tonight.Or just pick up your CSA share. I believe there is an admission fee but it is all for a good cause - Cornell Cooperative Extension's promotion of local agriculture.
Also: Saturday we will be at the Painted Post Farmers' Market at Union Hall on Steuben St. from 11:00-3:00. Yes, I know its supposed to be cold, but it is winter after all even though it hasn't felt like it before now.