You might not be thinking about what you are going to be eating in February, but we are. We plan to have a fall/winter CSA again this year and attend farmers' markets so we are planting salad greens and various root vegetables to have this winter. Also we have been clearing out harvested beds in order to get cover crops planted in them.

Choose 8:
green peppers
tomatoes
cherry tomatoes
husk cherries
tomatillos
potatoes 
garlic
cucumbers 
kale
chardgreen beans
pea shoots
sunflower shoots
summer squash/zucchini
parsley
sweet onions
eggplant
cabbage
basil
leeks
lettuce mix
spicy mix
edamame
whole wheat or all purpose flour

 Beet seed almost ready for harvest



 Green bean blossoms

Liz watering some fall greens transplants

Choose 8:
green peppers tomatoes
cherry tomatoes
husk cherries
tomatillos
potatoes 
garlic
cucumbers 
kale
chard
beets
green beans
pea shoots
sunflower shoots
summer squash/zucchini
parsley
sweet onions
eggplant
carrots
cabbage
basil
leeks
lettuce mix
spicy mix
kidney beans
whole wheat or all purpose flour

 The meager garlic harvest with some sweet onions. Because of the poor harvest we will have to cut back to 1 garlic/item instead of the 2 we usually do.

Chickens cleaning up the stems and weeds in the former broccoli beds.

Choose 8:
tomatoes
cherry tomatoes
husk cherries
tomatillos
purple potatoes 
garlic
cucumbers 
kale
chard
beets
green beans
dragon tongue beans
pea shoots
sunflower shoots
summer squash/zucchini
parsley
sweet onions
eggplant
carrots
cabbage
basil
leeks
lettuce mix
spicy mix
kidney beans

Garlic and onion harvesting begins this week. Yields will be down from last year due to the harsh winter (garlic) and wet spring (onions).


Choose 7:
new potatoes 
fresh garlic
cucumbers 
kale
chard
beets (maybe yes, maybe not)
green beans
dragon tongue beans
pea shoots
sunflower shoots
summer squash/zucchini
parsley
green onions
sweet onions
eggplant
carrots
cabbage
basil
baby leeks
lettuce mix
spicy mix
kidney beans

Busy week last week, no pictures...just trying to keep up. Actually hoping for a little rain soon, believe it or not. Otherwise we'll have to spend time putting together our irrigation system for the first time this year. We are hoping to not have to put it out at all this year!

Choose 7:
new potatoes
cucumbers (picklers and slicers)
kale
chard
beets (maybe yes, maybe not)
green beans
dragon tongue beans
pea shoots
sunflower shoots
summer squash/zucchini
parsley
green onions
sweet onions
eggplant (limited quantity)
carrots
cabbage
basil
baby leeks
lettuce mix
spicy mix
flour, whole wheat bread or all purpose
kidney beans

Planting cabbages for fall harvest (broccoli under the insect netting)

Kale, some stunted by too much rain this spring.
 
Choose 7:
new potatoes
cucumbers (picklers and slicers)
kale
chard
beets
green beans
lettuce heads
pea shoots
sunflower shoots
summer squash/zucchini
parsley
green onions
eggplant (limited quantity)
carrots
cabbage
basil
baby leeks
flour, whole wheat bread or all purpose
kidney beans

This week's expected vegetables.
Choose 7:
broccoli
new potatoes
cucumbers (picklers and slicers)
kale
chard
beets
baby kale
lettuce heads
pea shoots
sunflower shoots
summer squash/zucchini
parsley
green onions
eggplant (limited quantity)
carrots
cabbage
basil
baby leeks
flour, whole wheat bread or all purpose
kidney beans