August 23, 2014
This week's harvest:
Assorted Tomatoes
Sweet Peppers
Mild Peppers
Hot Peppers!
Sweet Potato Greens
Potatoes
Onions
Garlic
Choice of: Yellow Sweet Peppers, Eggplant, Patty Pan Squash
Mixed Melons - some small shares this week - see news
This week's farm news:
Well, y'all, we apologize but our melon crop is pretty sporadic this year. It's a gorgeous patch and was tended meticulously, but the melons are ripening in fits and spurts. We don't quite know why, but it's one of those humbling farming moments where we feel like we did everything perfectly just to be left pining for a bountiful harvest... So we're left to dole them out over the weeks! But we'll do our best to make sure everybody gets some - precious treat that they are. We hope you understand...
Otherwise, this week we had ample rain. Those drought worries are fading from our memory now, thank heavens! I spent lots of time with our milk cow, Lilly, trying my best to become a better milker and we started some more trays of fall crops this week. All in all, another busy week on the farm!
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Sunday, August 10, 2014
2014 Season, week 14
August 9, 2014
This week's harvest:
"Halona" Muskmelons
Tomatoes & Cherry Tomatoes
Sweet Red & Yellow Peppers
Hot Peppers
Garlic
Onions
Potatoes
This week's farm news:
Thank heavens, we had some rain this week! Not quite an inch, but we'll take that without complaint! At this point any amount is a blessing. On Thursday, when our chance for rain was the greatest, we got busy planting fall greens. We had been putting it off because conditions were so dry but we figured it was now or never - as it's getting late in the season for planting. We feel pretty good about what we planted: kale, lettuce, arugula, mizuna, turnips, red mustard, etc. It feel super to have some seeds in the ground and to have them get rained on shortly after planting! Once we see how things germinate, we will have a better idea of what we can offer for our fall share, so stay tuned! Also this week Eric planted our entire one-acre spring garden to a cover/forage crop. It was a huge job!
This week's harvest:
"Halona" Muskmelons
Tomatoes & Cherry Tomatoes
Sweet Red & Yellow Peppers
Hot Peppers
Garlic
Onions
Potatoes
This week's farm news:
Thank heavens, we had some rain this week! Not quite an inch, but we'll take that without complaint! At this point any amount is a blessing. On Thursday, when our chance for rain was the greatest, we got busy planting fall greens. We had been putting it off because conditions were so dry but we figured it was now or never - as it's getting late in the season for planting. We feel pretty good about what we planted: kale, lettuce, arugula, mizuna, turnips, red mustard, etc. It feel super to have some seeds in the ground and to have them get rained on shortly after planting! Once we see how things germinate, we will have a better idea of what we can offer for our fall share, so stay tuned! Also this week Eric planted our entire one-acre spring garden to a cover/forage crop. It was a huge job!
Sunday, August 3, 2014
2014 Season, week 13
August 2, 2014
This week's harvest:
Tomatoes - all colors, shapes, & sizes!
Potatoes
Onions
Garlic
Melons - choose between musk- or water- melons
Sweet Peppers
Hot Peppers
Basil
Choose between: Eggplant or Zucchini
And a Zinnia Flower
This week's farm news:
Well folks, it's getting pretty dry around these parts! Fortunately, lots of our crops are mulched heavily, so there is still good soil moisture down under the hay. The eggplant, which are not mulched, are suffering, though, and we are seeing some pumpkin plants that look pretty wilty in the heat of the day. A good rain would sure be nice. At least the daytime temperatures are cooler. And we even matched one record nighttime low this week! Until we get some rain, direct-seeding of fall crops into the garden is on hold. We made a big potting mix this week so we will be starting a bunch of seeds in the coming days in soil blocks. We've got to get those fall greens going one way or another!
This week's harvest:
Tomatoes - all colors, shapes, & sizes!
Potatoes
Onions
Garlic
Melons - choose between musk- or water- melons
Sweet Peppers
Hot Peppers
Basil
Choose between: Eggplant or Zucchini
And a Zinnia Flower
This week's farm news:
Well folks, it's getting pretty dry around these parts! Fortunately, lots of our crops are mulched heavily, so there is still good soil moisture down under the hay. The eggplant, which are not mulched, are suffering, though, and we are seeing some pumpkin plants that look pretty wilty in the heat of the day. A good rain would sure be nice. At least the daytime temperatures are cooler. And we even matched one record nighttime low this week! Until we get some rain, direct-seeding of fall crops into the garden is on hold. We made a big potting mix this week so we will be starting a bunch of seeds in the coming days in soil blocks. We've got to get those fall greens going one way or another!
2014 Season, week 12
July 26, 2014
This week's harvest:
Tomatoes
Carrots
Potatoes
Onions
Garlic
Basil
Sweet Peppers
Hot Peppers
Choose between: Eggplant, Sweet Corn, and Zucchini
And a Zinnia Flower to make you smile!
This week's farm news:
It was awfully quiet around the farm this week as all three children were in Nashville the entire week! They spent their time with a dear friend and her family and I'm pretty sure they had a blast! You would think that Eric and I might have just spent our quiet time staring at the walls... But the show must go on, right? So we finished up the year's potato harvest. We estimate about 3,500 lbs were dug and are now stored in the barn and cellar. We hope you love potatoes as much as we do!!
We spent lots of time this week on animal chores as we needed to corral and wrangle some sheep that were headed to a sheep sale in Bowling Green. After we dropped off the sheep Eric and I actually snuck in a little date and went out for pizza... A rare treat for us!
This week's harvest:
Tomatoes
Carrots
Potatoes
Onions
Garlic
Basil
Sweet Peppers
Hot Peppers
Choose between: Eggplant, Sweet Corn, and Zucchini
And a Zinnia Flower to make you smile!
This week's farm news:
It was awfully quiet around the farm this week as all three children were in Nashville the entire week! They spent their time with a dear friend and her family and I'm pretty sure they had a blast! You would think that Eric and I might have just spent our quiet time staring at the walls... But the show must go on, right? So we finished up the year's potato harvest. We estimate about 3,500 lbs were dug and are now stored in the barn and cellar. We hope you love potatoes as much as we do!!
We spent lots of time this week on animal chores as we needed to corral and wrangle some sheep that were headed to a sheep sale in Bowling Green. After we dropped off the sheep Eric and I actually snuck in a little date and went out for pizza... A rare treat for us!
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