Sunday, June 25, 2017

 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

Sunday, June 18, 2017

 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

Sunday, June 11, 2017

 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

Sunday, June 4, 2017

 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