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We had a productive week in the garden.  The melon, tomatoes, eggplant, and pepper plants really grew with the warmer temperatures.  Nice for us to see as this was not the type of Spring they enjoy or thrive in.  We seeded in a long loooooooong row of storage carrots for Fall harvest right next to the long looooooong row of summer carrots that look great and we should be harvesting the snappy beauties soon.  More lettuce went in the lettuce beds, 2 long rows of colorful beets were seeded in and whenever we had a spare moment we were weeding fools.  The potato crop looks amazing and we are hopeful it will be our best crop ever.  The garlic is starting to decline and we dug one to take a sneak peak.  A gorgeous big bulb.  We also planted our onions differently this year as we have always had trouble weeding them mid season in the past.  They too are looking great and we should have a bumper crop to share.

Beautiful onions.

We had an uninvited guest in the garden on Wednesday night…..We are guessing a woodchuck. Scott was doing his daily walk through inspection and discovered that the visitor snacked away on EVERY soybean plant in the 200 foot row!  The leaves were completely nibbled off and the stalk remained like a pencil sticking out of the ground.  Disappointing but we replanted within hours of the discovery.  Edamame will just be 3 weeks later this year.

Scott will start putting up the new greenhouse this week and we are excited.  A “season extender”.  Earlier crops in the Spring and we are going to experiment with trying greens all winter long.  Also, we hope to have all our leafy green crops planted in ground in this new house next Summer season.  This will make life much easier without the row cover.

It was an amazing harvest in the garden this week!  The boxes are bountiful and a few of the true tastes of summer have arrived.

First cucumber of the season.

WHAT IS IN YOUR BOX

Cauliflower-over a pound for everyone!  2 varieties, a purple tinged beauty and a fluffy snow white head.  Next week we should see more of the white snowball variety as it is just starting to head up.  Just delicious.  Maeve ate it as her bedtime snack last night.  Lots of cooking options.  Mashed, roasted and makes a great pizza crust.

Cauliflower harvest.

Green Beans- Holy cow!  50 pounds picked off our first picking.  Everyone has a nice big bag for the week.

Cabbage-A favorite we like to grow every year.  A smaller variety that heads up early and is the perfect size for a few meals or a batch of coleslaw.  Flavorful crunchy heads.

Lettuce-Deep green juicy leaves.  Will make a wonderful salad with the cabbage.  These are cute little mini heads that stay small….2+ heads for everyone depending on the head size.

Cucumbers-Just under a pound of assorted snackers.  We are growing 5 different varieties this year and the vines are just starting to produce.  Cucumbers will appear as a staple in many boxes to come this summer.  The vines are loaded with beautiful buttery yellow blooms.

Sugar Snap Peas-This week was the big harvest of the season…we will pull the vines this week.  Amazing harvest and we are so pleased with our “pea season” after last year’s disappointment in the heat. Eat the whole thing-pod and all….Packaged in a plastic bag this week.

Scott picking the sugar snaps high over head!

Shelling pea-Nice plump pods with sweet little peas.  Packaged in a green quart box this week.  Eat peas only after shelling.  Pod is VERY fibrous.  Vines will also be pulled this week.  The end of the peas this year.

Zucchini-6 different varieties are in the garden this year.  There were enough for everyone to get a taste of the first picking of the season.  Another staple in the boxes for the summer.

Kale- A BIG! robust bunch.  Many different varieties in color and texture.

Fennel-2 big bulbs for everyone.  Kale and fennel make a delicious salad.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK

Cauliflower, cucumbers, zucchini, parsley, turnips, cabbage, swiss chard