Walls of cherry tomatoes

 

We had 6000 gallons of water delivered to our pond the other day. Turns out 6000 gallons is just "a drop in the bucket" and not worth the expense. We only got a few hours of irrigating out of it. The turtles and frogs love sitting on this willow tree that recently fell into our pond. And Luna has realized she likes chasing the frogs and running through the muck. If the pond were full, everything in the photo, including the pump, would be under water.

 

Fennel and lettuce transplants

 

 

 

Expected harvest for this week (choose 8 for small share, 10 for large share):
husk cherries

sweet onions

shallots

green peppers

ripe peppers

garlic

baby leeks
cherry tomatoes

tomatoes

squash

green beans
Swiss chard
potatoes
carrots
kale

baby kale
lettuce mix
spicy mix
beets
flour (from Farmer Ground Flour - organic)

 

 

 

 

 

Firehoses we have been using for pumping water from our neighbor's ponds.

 

 

Expected harvest for this week (choose 8 for small share, 10 for large share):
husk cherries

sweet onions

shallots

green peppers

ripe peppers

garlic

baby leeks
cherry tomatoes

tomatoes
squash/zucchini
cabbage (holey)
green beans
Swiss chard
potatoes
carrots (maybe)
kale
lettuce mix
spicy mix
beets
flour (from Farmer Ground Flour - organic)

 

 

 

 Little basil plants

Here we are pumping water from our neighbor's pond into our irrigation pond.

Bunching crew

Very dry soil, but can you spot the toad?

 

Expected harvest for this week (choose 8 for small share, 10 for large share):
husk cherries

sweet onions

purple onions

green peppers

ripe peppers

garlic

baby leeks
cherry tomatoes

tomatoes

cucumbers
squash/zucchini
broccoli
cabbage (holey)
green beans
Swiss chard
potatoes
baby carrots (maybe)
kale
lettuce mix
spicy mix
beets
flour (from Farmer Ground Flour - organic)

 

The garlic is all harvested. This is some of the German White.

Slug damage on cabbage.

Normally, starting in August, we increase the number of items to 8 and 10 for small and large shares. However, due to conditions and lack of selection we are keeping the item numbers at 7 and 9, at least for this week.

Expected harvest for this week (choose 7 for small share, 9 for large share):
purple onions

green peppers

ripe peppers

garlic

baby leeks
cherry tomatoes

tomatoes

cucumbers
squash/zucchini
broccoli
cabbage
green beans
Swiss chard
potatoes
baby carrots (maybe)
kale
lettuce mix
spicy mix
beets
flour (from Farmer Ground Flour - organic)

 Spreading winter squash. The tetsukabuto squash take over the everything 20 feet in any direction.

 Just weeded ginger.

This been a sucky growing season (to be blunt) for us in the Finger Lakes. Hopefully, as CSA members you have not noticed this so much. We try to give priority to our CSA members. But our sales at farmers' markets have been down due to lack of selection and we have not had any vegetables available for our wholesale customers. Giving you our best selection is our way of saying "thank you" to our members, many of whom have supported us for many years.

Expected harvest for this week (choose 7 for small share, 9 for large share):
purple onions
baby leeks
cherry tomatoes
cucumbers
squash/zucchini
broccoli
cabbage
green beans
Swiss chard
new potatoes
baby carrots (maybe)
scallions
kale
lettuce mix
spicy mix
beets
flour (from Farmer Ground Flour - organic)

 The garlic harvest has begun

 Cabbage worm on cabbage plant. Yesterday was hot and dry, but we transplanted cabbage and broccoli anyway.

 Dog days of summer. Luna and Liz on the prone weeder.

Freshly planted beds of carrots and beets.

This has turned out to be the worst growing season we have ever had. May was incredibly cold and prevented seeds from germinating - especially our early plantings of beets and carrots. We have had drought conditions in June and July. Now our pond is almost empty. So if you notice less selection in your CSA shares this year that is why.We have had several crops that have been almost complete failures. I guess after almost 20 years of farming we still have a lot to learn.

Expected harvest for this week (choose 7 for small share, 9 for large share):
purple onions
baby leeks
cherry tomatoes
cucumbers
squash/zucchini
broccoli
cabbage
green beans
Swiss chard
new potatoes
baby carrots (maybe)
scallions
kale
lettuce mix
spicy mix
beets
flour (from Farmer Ground Flour - organic)

 Tarps just removed from this section. Now beets and carrots are planted here.

Expected harvest for this week (choose 7 for small share, 9 for large share):
cherry tomatoes
cucumbers
squash/zucchini
broccoli
cabbage
green beans
Swiss chard
new potatoes
baby carrots
scallions
kale
baby kale
lettuce mix
beets
flour (from Farmer Ground Flour - organic)