The Share this week
- Lettuce
- Chard
- Peppers
- Tomatoes
- Eggplant
- Summer squash/Zucchini
- Cucumbers
- Cabbage
- Beets
- Carrots
- Fresh (uncured) onions
- PYO herbs
- PYO cherry Tomatoes
- PYO beans
New this week
- Watermelon
Updates
It looks like we are in for more hot weather this week and
what better way to stay cool and hydrated than with watermelon. Our first succession of watermelon is looking
pretty good, especially when you consider its rough start in the field this
spring. The watermelon you will be
enjoying this week were transplanted on June 2nd during a Noachian deluge
which left our crew shivering and drenched but in good spirits. The little transplants survived several weeks
of chilly night time temperatures which stunted their growth for a time but they
eventually bounced back. Although yields
might be slightly down for our first planting of watermelons it will be unnoticeable
in the shareroom with plenty of melons for all and our second planting is
looking fantastic.
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| Still smiling in spite of the drenching |
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| Charles reclaims his boot from the mud |
This story emphasizes the importance of transplanting under
favorable conditions. We try to follow our planting schedule as closely as
possible but if the transplants aren’t up to size or the weather isn’t
cooperating we’ve seen time and again that we’d be better off waiting an extra
week to plant. This week we have a good
amount of transplanting to take care of.
Lettuce, beets, fennel, and a handful of fast growing brassicas need to
go into the ground but most of these crops love cooler weather and a decent
amount of moisture. If we were to try
and plant these crops during the heat of the next few days they might not
survive the week. Although it is inconvenient
for the farmer’s schedules, we will try to cram most of our transplanting into
the second half of the week when things cool down a bit.
Although transplanting won’t happen until Thursday or Friday
we won’t be sitting on our hands for the first half of the week. Onion harvesting time is upon us and our
greenhouse is filling up with onions set out to cure. The hot dry weather is also an excellent time
to catch up on our cultivating. Of course
if the weather ever becomes too oppressive, beautiful Crane Beach isn’t far
away. The farmers have on rare occasions
been known to take off early to swim and work on there farmer’s tans.
