What's in the Share
- Lettuce
- Salad Mix
- Kale
- Chard
- Scallions
- Cabbage
- Fennel
- Squash and Zucchini
- Beets
- PYO Beans
- PYO Herbs
- PYO Flowers
- Red Cabbage
- Some combination of Cucumbers, Peppers and Eggplant (depending on what's ripe and in what quantity)
Thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday to help
bring in our garlic. With the help of
nearly a dozen volunteers we were able to harvest and hang almost half of our
garlic. Getting the rest out of the
ground and into the barn to cure will be a major project this week and we
couldn’t hope to accomplish this had it not been for the efforts of our
superstar volunteers.
Updates from the Field
The last couple of weeks in July are always a bit stressful This is the time of year when our early summer
crops begin to falter but our late summer crops have not yet begun in earnest. For a week or two it is a struggle to keep
the share room consistent filled with a diversity of products. Cucumbers, eggplant and peppers have begun producing
but only in drips and drabs. One day we
may have them and the next day we may not.
Onions and carrots could be harvested but are still a bit on the runty
side which makes for very time consuming harvests. The melons and tomatoes seem to swell
impossibly larger each day but remain obstinately green. In the share room we hear lots of people
asking when their favorite summer veggie will be ripe and we try to evade a
direct answer with the promise of “Soon”.
To lend credence to that promise, below you will find photographic evidence
that all the fruits of summer are fast on their way. I hope you’ll bear with us a little longer as
we bid farewell to greens and prepare a warm welcome for the hot season crops.
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