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| Crew photo courtesy of Nicole Boyd |
Even though the heat from a few weeks ago was trying at times, we were rewarded this past week with some rapid vegetable growth. Thursday we pulled in a very promising green pepper harvest. Our eggplant also appear to be recovering nicely from the onslaught of Colorado Potato Beetles we dealt with a few weeks ago. Hand-picking beetles off the plants, though time-consuming, seems to have paid off, as did the application of organic fertilizer. We've also been eyeing the watermelon as we collect our cucumber harvest nearby. In our impatience for summer fruit, some of us have broken open a couple of watermelons. The insides were still a very pale pink, but we should have some melons ready in a few weeks. Finally, the cherry tomatoes are looking pretty good as well. We added another level to the trellising on our Sungolds last Wednesday and were able to pluck a few ripe fruit off the vine to sustain us through the back-breaking work of tying up tomato plants. There's not enough yet to open for PYO, but we should be able to start picking in the near future.
This Monday Le Creuset will be back 3-6pm to do a cooking demo and to share information on discounts for CSA members. Hopefully this time we'll have no tornado warnings, as we did the last time they visited!
What's in the share: Lettuce, Kale, Chard, Carrots, Beets, Ailsa Craig Onions, Summer Squash/Zucchini, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Red Gold Potatoes, PYO Flowers, PYO Snap Beans, and PYO Herbs.
New this week: Green Peppers, Flamingo (pale yellow) Sweet Peppers.
*The planting of greens that is due to be harvested this week is also looking a bit weedy and hole-y (we're still feeling the effects of the massive amounts of rain we received a month ago!). We may have to skip greens again this week if it takes too long to harvest. Subsequent plantings are fortunately looking better!
