Field peas, oats and vetch cover crop with part tarped to eliminate weeds. Fall and winter crops like carrots, beets, watermelon radishes and turnips will be planted here in the coming weeks. Gemini enjoying a puddle drink.

 Beet flowers that will form seeds for this fall and next year's beet crops.

 Freshly transplanted winter squash.

Leaf miners (larvae inside the leaf (yes, inside the leaf) in center of photo) have been big problems this year in our beets, chard and spinach. This photo is of a spinach leaf.

This Friday, June 30, we will have a potluck event on the farm. The farm is in full swing and its been a while since we have had an event. Come see baby goats, lightning bugs, smell the chocolatey beet flowers, feed the chickens, taste the first few ripe cherry tomatoes. We will start at 6:00. Bring a dish to pass and one to eat from.

4th week of CSA expected vegetables (Small share choose 6, large share choose 8):
Green onions
Baby carrots
Green beans
Chard
Cucumbers (maybe)
Garlic scapes
Pea shoots
Sunflower shoots
Beets
Cabbage
Broccoli
Spinach
Lettuce mix
Scallions
Radishes
Salad turnips
Kale
Potatoes
Daikon radishes
Flour

 Liz casts a long shadow on our baby lettuces

 Garlic scape season is here!

Field peas in our cover crop. We are not sure why field peas grow very well for us but not any of the peas that are tasty to humans.

3rd week of CSA expected vegetables (Small share choose 6, large share choose 8):
Green beans (limited supply)
Chard (limited supply)
Cucumbers (limited supply)
Garlic scapes
Pea shoots
Sunflower shoots
Beets
Cabbage
Broccoli (maybe...)
Spinach
Lettuce mix
Scallions
Radishes
Salad turnips
Kale
Potatoes
Daikon radishes
Flour

 Goat kids at Muddy Fingers. Too cute!

 Pretty bean blossoms

 Garter snake hanging out in the beans

Zucchinis-to-be

2nd week of CSA expected vegetables (Small share choose 5, large share choose 7):
Spinach
Lettuce mix
Scallions
Radishes
Salad turnips
Kale
Cilantro
Eggs (count as 2 items)
Potatoes
Daikon radishes
Flour
Vegetable transplants

 Baby carrots

 Rye and vetch cover crop ready to be mowed this week

 4 clean beds with no weeds after having the tarp removed

 True red cranberry pole beans being grown as a seed crop to be sold to Fedco Seeds in Maine

Our preferred implements of (weed) destruction. The Cobrahead (left) for narrow parts between rows and the Hooke n Crooke (right) for wider weed annihilation.

First week of CSA expected vegetables (Small share choose 5, large share choose 7):
Spinach
Lettuce mix
Spicy mix
Scallions
Radishes
Salad turnips
Kale
Cilantro
Eggs (count as 2 items)
Potatoes
Daikon radishes
Purple top turnips
Flour
Vegetable transplants

 Paraphernalia for submitting tomato leaf tests. This helps us know which nutrients to amend the soil or plants with to keep them growing well throughout the summer.

 Planting a tropical crop on a not-so-tropical day. This is turmeric which we are growing for the first time.

 Liz planting leeks. She is super-fast.

 Voles or mice destroying our eggplants again this year

Fire and water. Matthew flameweeding a parsnip bed while Liz waters.


Don't forget, the CSA begins next week starting Monday June 5. We will have lots of great spring crops.

 Ahhh...remember when it was warm and sunny outside?

 Transplanted green beans for an extra early harvest (hopefully)

Weird solanaceas. This is a one of the 3 new-to-us, weird members of the tomato family that we have planted this year.

Well the rain and cold have us at a stand-still right now. We did get quite a bit planted already. We can only hope it doesn't all rot in the field. Not sure what we will have to offer for the CSA come the first week of June since nothing is really growing right now and the forecast doesn't look much better.

 Chickens in the orchard

Freshly transplanted broccoli. Looks like the humans have outsmarted the dreadful swede midge again!

Big news here at Muddy Fingers - after 15 years of growing without chemical fertilizers and pesticides, we are now actually certified organic.
The CSA still has plenty of shares available.
The weather has been cooperating so we are planting like mad in order to have great vegetables come the first week of June!.