Updates and photos from the farm and expected weekly vegetable harvests for the CSA
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Cover crop of peas, oats and clover thriving
Carrot flowers under cover to prevent cross-pollination with wild carrots.
This week's expected options:
small share choose 6, large share choose 8
New Potatoes
Baby Carrots
Broccoli
Beets
Cabbage
Pac Choi
Green beans
Garlic scapes
Cucumbers
Zucchini/squash
Scallions
Salad turnips
kale
chard
perpetual spinach
spinach
radishes
beet greens
lettuce
salad mix
cilantro
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Finally putting our new wash barn to good use.
Liz is installing the trellis for our pole beans
Laying down mulch and transplanting winter squash
This week's expected options:
small share choose 6, large share choose 8
Cabbage
Pac Choi
Green beans
garlic scapes
cucumbers
Zucchini/squash
Pickling cucumbers
Scallions
salad turnips
kale
chard
perpetual spinach
spinach
radishes
beet greens
lettuce
salad mix
cilantro
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)
Liz is installing the trellis for our pole beans
Laying down mulch and transplanting winter squash
This week's expected options:
small share choose 6, large share choose 8
Cabbage
Pac Choi
Green beans
garlic scapes
cucumbers
Zucchini/squash
Pickling cucumbers
Scallions
salad turnips
kale
chard
perpetual spinach
spinach
radishes
beet greens
lettuce
salad mix
cilantro
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)
Sunday, June 10, 2018
The big storm we got last week. If you look closely just above the trees on the right you can see a swirling green cloud of pollen.
The end of the workday.
We are growing carrot seed for the first time this year. These are carrots that we saved over the winter and planted this spring. They are getting close to flowering. When they do, we will have to cover them with insect netting to prevent cross-pollination with the wild Queen Anne's Lace. Therefore I am going to have to actually purchase flies online this week! The flies will go in with the carrots under the insect netting.
We have been loving this weather! And so have the plants. That's good because there are more problem insects this year. It seems like most of our fields are covered in crop cover! We have added leaf miners (beets, chard, spinach) to the list of other lethal insects: Swede midge (broccoli, cabbage, kale), cucumber beetles (cucumbers, zucchini), flea beetles (turnips, radishes, mustard).
This week's expected options:
small share choose 5, large share choose 7
garlic scapes
cucumbers
salad turnips
kale
baby leeks
green onions
chard
perpetual spinach
spinach
radishes
beet greens
lettuce
salad mix
cilantro
vegetable transplants for your garden (this week only)
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)
eggs
The end of the workday.
We are growing carrot seed for the first time this year. These are carrots that we saved over the winter and planted this spring. They are getting close to flowering. When they do, we will have to cover them with insect netting to prevent cross-pollination with the wild Queen Anne's Lace. Therefore I am going to have to actually purchase flies online this week! The flies will go in with the carrots under the insect netting.
We have been loving this weather! And so have the plants. That's good because there are more problem insects this year. It seems like most of our fields are covered in crop cover! We have added leaf miners (beets, chard, spinach) to the list of other lethal insects: Swede midge (broccoli, cabbage, kale), cucumber beetles (cucumbers, zucchini), flea beetles (turnips, radishes, mustard).
This week's expected options:
small share choose 5, large share choose 7
garlic scapes
cucumbers
salad turnips
kale
baby leeks
green onions
chard
perpetual spinach
spinach
radishes
beet greens
lettuce
salad mix
cilantro
vegetable transplants for your garden (this week only)
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)
eggs
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Garlic crop looking good! Scapes next week.
Potatoes looking good too! Should be early spuds before the end of the month.
Welcome to another season of Muddy Fingers Farm CSA. Your farmers, Liz and Matthew, have been hard at work this spring getting ready.The first week or two of the CSA share is always a little thin. That is especially so this year as we had a very late start to the growing season. We were not able to work the ground until April 23, our latest start ever. But the good news is the weather has been great since then. We had a few hot, dry days last week and then the weather broke with a nice rain yesterday afternoon.
This week's expected options:
small share choose 5, large share choose 7
baby leeks
green onions
chard
perpetual spinach (This is a new one for us. Is it spinach? Is it chard? Let us know what you think.)
spinach
radishes
beet greens
lettuce
salad mix
cilantro
vegetable transplants for your garden (this week and next week only)
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)
eggs
Potatoes looking good too! Should be early spuds before the end of the month.
Welcome to another season of Muddy Fingers Farm CSA. Your farmers, Liz and Matthew, have been hard at work this spring getting ready.The first week or two of the CSA share is always a little thin. That is especially so this year as we had a very late start to the growing season. We were not able to work the ground until April 23, our latest start ever. But the good news is the weather has been great since then. We had a few hot, dry days last week and then the weather broke with a nice rain yesterday afternoon.
This week's expected options:
small share choose 5, large share choose 7
baby leeks
green onions
chard
perpetual spinach (This is a new one for us. Is it spinach? Is it chard? Let us know what you think.)
spinach
radishes
beet greens
lettuce
salad mix
cilantro
vegetable transplants for your garden (this week and next week only)
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)
eggs
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