We had lots of great help this past week!

 And plenty of rain!

 They're here! For all you husk cherry afficianados!

 We have lots of beautiful bouquets now available at the Grove Park Farmers Market.


This week's expected options:
small share choose 8, large share choose 10 (This will be the amounts for the rest of the CSA season)
Garlic
husk cherries
baby chard
perpetual spinach
baby leeks 
sweet onions
red onions
tomatoes
peppers
cherry tomatoes
New Potatoes
Carrots
Beets
Cabbage
Green beans
Garlic scapes 
Cucumbers
Scallions
Zucchini/squash 
kale
chard
daikon radishes
salad mix
flower bouquets
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)

 Liz had to give the tomato plants a severe trimming last week as we had fallen behind on pruning.

 But they are starting to really produce now!

 Our perennial garlic harvest photo. Its gonna be a good harvest this year. This is less than 1/3 of the total harvest. More will be harvested this week.

Yeah, we got a little rain last night and this morning.


This week's expected options:
small share choose 7, large share choose 9
baby leeks 
sweet onions
red onions
tomatoes
peppers 
cherry tomatoes
New Potatoes
Carrots
Beets
Cabbage
Green beans
Garlic scapes 
Cucumbers
Scallions
Zucchini/squash 
kale
chard
daikon radishes
salad mix
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)

Well I know everyone down in Corning and Elmira got strong thunderstorms last night, but nothing here. So we will be continuing to irrigate and hand-water. We have just planted many of our fall crops so they need to stay moist as the seeds are germinating and their roots are taking hold. I guess we are starting to whine as we get tired and overheated!

 The native bees love this flower. We think it is elecampane?

 Garlic is almost ready to harvest

The squash is spreading!!
 
This week's expected options:
small share choose 7, large share choose 9
tomatoes
pepperscherry tomatoes
New Potatoes
Carrots
Beets
Cabbage
Green beans
Garlic scapes 
Cucumbers
Zucchini/squash
Scallions
kale
chard
daikon radishes
salad mix
cilantro
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)

This is last week's post that i just realized i failed to publish.

 Liz harvesting broccoli

Hot dogs

These farmers are not looking forward to a whole week of 90+ temps. Yuck! When it gets this hot we tend to change our work schedules. Work until noon, then take a few hours off, then come back out around 3:00 or 4:00 and work until dark.


This week's expected options:
small share choose 7, large share choose 9
cherry tomatoes (limited amount - get to market early!)
New Potatoes
Carrots
Broccoli
Beets
Cabbage
Pac Choi
Green beans
Garlic scapes 
Cucumbers
Zucchini/squash
Scallions
kale
chard
perpetual spinach
spinach
daikon radishes
lettuce
salad mix
cilantro
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)

 Weeding soybeans that we are growing for Fruition Seeds

Endless cherry tomatoes!

We'll it's time for these farmers to start whining about the lack of rain. I know some places in the Southern Tier have gotten their fair share - I know because I was almost caught in a deluge while packing up at farmer's market last Monday. But up here in Hector we have been left wanting. The irrigation pump is going to be working overtime for the foreseeable future.

Also i published last week's post which apparently was left unpublished.


This week's expected options:
small share choose 7, large share choose 9
Tomatoes
Cherry tomatoes
Pickling cucumbers
Green peppers
New Potatoes
Carrots
Broccoli
Beets 
Cabbage
Green beans
Garlic scapes 
Cucumbers
Zucchini/squash
Scallions
kale
chard
spinach
Daikon radishes
lettuce
salad mix
cilantro
flour (all purpose and whole wheat all purpose)