The honeydew melons are just beginning to ripen.  It is delicious to have a fresh, well-grown honeydew.  The sweet corn takes too much water.  I wonder if it’s worth it?

The days haven’t been too hot here.  That means slower ripening, but still a good amount.  The tomatoes are still going strong, and I hope they do all the way through October.  We’ll see about that.

I am planning and planting all of our stuff for late september/october.  That includes Kale, Chard, lots of lettuce mix, beets, radishes, sugar snap peas, arugula, pac choi and turnips.  It should be a good end of the year for the CSA and the markets.

I might be farming on a much bigger piece of land next year (in addition to this beautiful one acre).  Stay tuned.

Andrew

We are now entering week four (of 24) for the CSA.  Today we had our drop-off/pick-up for our 10 monday members.  We have 23 members in all - 10 on Monday and 13 on Wednesday.  We are going to add members when the summer stuff really picks up, but for now, that is our max. Let’s see what was in the boxes: 1 lb Sugar Snap/Snow Peas Zucchini/Yellow Crookneck Summer Squash Romaine and Black-Seeded Simpson Lettuce Heads Broccoli Basil Parsley Radishes Garlic Scapes Lacinato Kale Rainbow Chard… Read the rest of this article »

The first boxes had: Daikon radish, salad radishes, kale, tat soi, baby stir fry mix, lettuce mix, broccoli, rosemary, oregano, dill and baby spinach. Next week it will be very similar, yet much more broccoli.  Carrots are still a couple of weeks away, as are beets, peas, cabbage, cauliflower and chard. We are gearing up for a maha (great) week at the farm, with many hundreds of row feet to be direct seeded.  We are getting 50 yards of compost to bolster the tilth and nutrition of the soil. … Read the rest of this article »