Thanks to Mary and David (Liz's parents) for helping us set up every Friday)

Fedco Seeds has this handy illustration of the length of time different vegetable seeds remain viable. We are busy right now putting together our seed orders for next year,

We spent a couple days last week picking up rocks from the fields and placing them in some of the many potholes around the farm.

Expected harvest (Choose 6):

• spicy mix
• fennel
• parsnips
• celeriac
• grape juice (conventional from Mansfield Farm)
• long turnips
• watermelon radishes
• daikon radishes
• carrots (organic from Remembrance Farm)
• tetsakubuto squash (dark orange flesh sweet nutty flavor)
• butternut squash
• pie pumpkins
• spaghetti squash (organic from Tree Gate Farm)
• onions
• garlic 
• potatoes
• cabbage
• chard
• kale
• beets (organic from Remembrance Farm)
• pea shoots
• apples
• flour (organic from Farmer Ground Flour)

Some of Liz's gourd earrings

Expected harvest (Choose 6):

• spicy mix
• fennel
• parsnips
• celeriac
• grape juice (conventional from Mansfield Farm)
• long turnips
• watermelon radishes
• daikon radishes
• carrots (organic from Remembrance Farm)
• tetsakubuto squash (dark orange flesh sweet nutty flavor)
• butternut squash
• pie pumpkins
• spaghetti squash (organic from Tree Gate Farm)
• onions
• garlic 
• potatoes
• cabbage
• chard
• kale
• beets (organic from Remembrance Farm)
• pea shoots
• apples
• flour (organic from Farmer Ground Flour)

 

Replacing the plastic on Totenberg (one of our hoophouses). Yes, our hoophouses are named after NPR reporters.

This is what we saw when we went to play pickleball last night. The fire is burning hay bales in the Coverall barn at Mansfield Farm. This is the farm we get kiwiberries and grape juice from. I think they lost the hay, the cover of the barn and maybe a tractor. Hopefully everything was insured.

Expected harvest (Choose 6):

• lettuce mix (organic from Plowbreak Farm)
• spicy mix
• fennel
• parsnips
• celeriac
• kiwiberries (conventional from Mansfield Farm)
• grape juice (conventional from Mansfield Farm)
• long turnips
• watermelon radishes
• daikon radishes
• carrots (organic from Remembrance Farm)
• tetsakubuto squash (dark orange flesh sweet nutty flavor)
• butternut squash
• acorn squash
• pie pumpkins
• spaghetti squash (organic from Tree Gate Farm)
• Brussels sprouts (last week)
• onions
• garlic 
• potatoes
• cabbage
• chard
• kale
• beets (organic from Remembrance Farm)
• pea shoots
• apples
• flour (organic from Farmer Ground Flour

Expected harvest (Choose 6):

• lettuce mix (organic from Plowbreak Farm)
• spicy mix
• fennel
• parsnips
• celeriac
• kiwiberries (conventional from Mansfield Farm)
• grape juice (conventional from Mansfield Farm)
• long turnips
• watermelon radishes
• daikon radishes
• carrots (organic from Remembrance Farm)
• tetsakubuto squash (dark orange flesh sweet nutty flavor)
• butternut squash
• acorn squash
• pie pumpkins
• spaghetti squash (organic from Tree Gate Farm)
• Brussels sprouts (last week)
• onions
• garlic 
• potatoes
• cabbage
• chard
• kale
• beets (organic from Remembrance Farm)
• pea shoots
• apples
• flour (organic from Farmer Ground Flour