Fall cabbage just planted

 Colorado potato beetle larvae eating eggplant leaves

 Pole beans in the hoophouse

Potato flowers


Expected options (Small share choose 7, large share choose 9):
Cucumbers
Pickling cucumbers
Squash/Zucchini
Cabbage
Broccoli
Garlic Scapes
Beets
Green Beans
Lettuce Mix
Spicy Mix
Lettuce Heads
Swiss chard
Kale
Scallions
Hakurei Turnips
Pea Shoots
Parsley
New Potatoes
Carrots
Flour

 Yes it is broccoli time. And it looks like the plants will even be giving us nice "side shoot" production. All of these broccoli heads are side shoots because you can see the spot in the middle where we have already harvested the main head.

  

Carrots are here. Our hours of hoeing, flameweeding, hand-weeding and thinning our carrot beds are starting to pay-off.

Don't forget...Come join us for a potluck dinner on the farm on Sunday June 30. Dinner starts at 5:30 bring a dish to pass and one to eat from if you can.  We'll have farm tours, a scavenger hunt and some farm Olympics!  Come see your food in the field. 

Expected options (Small share choose 6, large share choose 8):
Cabbage
Broccoli
Garlic Scapes
Beets
Spinach
Green Beans
Lettuce Mix
Spicy Mix
Lettuce Heads
Swiss chard
Kale
Scallions
Hakurei Turnips
Pea Shoots
Parsley
Cilantro
New Potatoes
Carrots
Flour

come see the farm!

Walnut trees are killing our cherry tomatoes. We thought the trees were far enough away, and they have been up until now, but apparently the roots have been encroaching into our hoophouse. The trees are about 50 feet away. Guess we are going to have to cut at least some of them down.

 Plastic as far as the eye can see. As organic farmers we end up having to use quite a bit of plastic. These tarps are helping kill weeds in advance of transplanting our winter squash.

Beds prepared for later plantings and newly installed bean trellises for beans we are growing for Fruition Seeds.

Come join us for a potluck dinner on the farm on Sunday June 30. Dinner starts at 5:30 bring a dish to pass and one to eat from if you can.  We'll have farm tours, a scavenger hunt and some farm Olympics!  Come see your food in the field. 

Expected options (Small share choose 6, large share choose 8):
Cabbage
Beans
Broccoli
Garlic Scapes
Beets
Spinach
Green Beans
Lettuce Mix
Spicy Mix
Lettuce Heads
Swiss chard
Scallions
Hakurei Turnips
Spring Radishes
Pea Shoots
Parsley
Cilantro
Potatoes
Carrots
Flour

Have a great week!
Liz and Matthew

 Bright Lights Swiss chard

 Freshly hilled potato plants

 Bean flowers

Liz working and Luna chillin' on the prone weeder


Expected options (Small share choose 5, large share choose 7):
Garlic Scapes
Beets
Spinach
Green Beans
Lettuce Mix
Spicy Mix
Lettuce Heads
Swiss chard
Scallions
Hakurei Turnips
Spring Radishes
Pea Shoots
Parsley
Cilantro
Potatoes
Carrots
Vegetable and Flower plants for your garden
Flour
Broccoli (maybe)

 Flail mowing the clover cover crop. These fields will subsoiled, rototilled and tarped to prepare for our late season plantings of carrots, beets, radishes, kale, etc.

 We haven't grown celery in years for several reasons: the celery we have grown has been more bitter and fibrous than what our customers are accustomed to, it is unpredictable because it sometimes bolts, and it was one of our least profitable crops. But these were one of those winter-time impulse buys while perusing seed catalogues. We got two varieties, Chinese Pink and Chinese White, from Baker Creek Seeds. They are supposed to be small, "bunching" types. We just transplanted them two days ago. We'll see how they do...

 Trellising hoophouse cucumbers

Black Australorp chicks

CSA season has arrived. Pickup Monday at Grove Park in Elmira 3-6 pm, Thursday at Riverside Park in Corning 10am-3pm or on the farm Friday Noon-Dark.

Expected options (Small share choose 5, large share choose 7):
Lettuce Mix
Spicy Mix
Lettuce Heads
Swiss chard
Scallions
Hakurei Turnips
Spring Radishes
Pea Shoots
Potatoes
Carrots
Vegetable and Flower plants for your garden
Eggs
Flour