This last Saturday Andrea and I packed up the truck, left Ryan at the farm to take care of the recently transplanted veggies, and went to our first farmers’ market.  It was a blazing hot morning for mid-May.

We brought mostly heat-sensitive greens, such as kale, lettuce mix, spring salad mix.  We arrived at the market area at 7am and our booth area was already in a beam of sun.  So, I drove to the nearest store to get an EZ-Up, only to find the store was still closed.  I returned to the farmers’ market and set up with Andrea, yet the sun was strong and the heat was already intense.  So, I drove back to the store as the market started and got us an EZ-Up, returned to the market to find Andrea inundated with shoppers, and finally got the  EZ-Up up an hour later.

We sold out, which was definitely a great thing, and not entirely expected.  Cilantro was more popular than dill.  Lettuce mix more so than spring salad mix.

It was a lot of fun and obviously a great way to add liquidity to the business.

We are looking forward to going to the market next week, totally prepared, EZ-UP in tow.

much love,
drew

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 »