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Another wonderful week in the garden….It sure is nice to work in cooler temperatures-but sure slows down the tomatoes, beans, peppers and melons.

Loaded mini sweet pepper plants! Scott trellised them to make sure they would not crack from the weight.

Melons!

Mini single serving cantaloupe.

We seeded in an early heat tolerant spinach and it germinated beautifully in this weather.  The loooooong row of cauliflower and more late season broccoli went in last week.  They love the cool temperatures to settle into their new growing homes. Low transplanting stress.  So, a trade off I guess and we just wait a bit longer for some of the heat loving crops.

All the way down to the telephone pole. Late season cauliflower and broccoli harvest.

The hoop house is in full glorious swing.  Scott and I realized that it has completely transitioned through 6 crops already this year.  Hard to believe.  This space sure has been a powerhouse for us.

Watering in the hoop house crops.

The garlic harvest has begun and we are pleased with the yield.  Fresh garlic is in the share this week with more to come throughout the season.  When the crop is fully harvested  we will condition the soil and a new summer squash patch is ready to take it’s place.  We like to have a second rotation of summer squash to ensure zucchini all summer long. 45 plants are waiting in the greenhouse now ready to go in.

Lots of weeding again this week.  A second pass through the shallots and onions which are heading up nicely.

Summer sweet onions.

Red long Tropea onions.

We are still hand digging all the early potatoes and should finish the big job this week and will work on transplanting out more Fall/Early Winter crops in the freed up space.  Scott checked on the bees and they have been busy.  We will start spinning Spring honey in the next few weeks and appear in future shares.

Pretty Summer cabbage.

We started picking beans every other day and they are waiting for a big blast of heat.  The plants are loaded with beautiful little beans but they are taking their time to “bulk up”.  Several rotations are in the garden now for a steady supply this season.

Scott picking beans.

Jennifer picking beans.

Pretty purple bean flowers.

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE

304 pounds of produce today!!!

Scott packing the shares this morning and dividing up the summer squash.

SNACK PACK

Kale-a Delicious assorted bundle.  Eat raw in salads, wonderful braised or make “chips” in the oven.

Garlic-Fresh garlic and the first of the season!

Summer Squash-A few assorted beauties in every bag.

Cucumber-A mix snack assortment and 1 long skinny Asian slicer.

Cherry Tomatoes-Just JUST! enough for a 1/2 pint of these assorted wonders for snack pack only this week.  Keep on the counter and out of the refrigerator and they will ripen up throughout the week.  13 different varieties this year assorted shapes, color, size and flavor.

Cauliflower-This early cauliflower crop did not head up as we had hoped. Always tricky.  Tasty but tiny heads.  We have 4 more tries in the garden now to get those jumbo beauties.

Pac Choi-The last rotation of my favorite until late Fall.

FULL SHARE

Basil Bundle-A mixed bunch of sweet basil.  Oriental Breeze which is sweet and spicy and Cinnamon (with the pretty purple blooms) which carries the flavor of……cinnamon.

Mini Lettuce-A few compact red mini romaine.

Garlic-A couple of heads of this just dug fresh treat!

Summer Squash-Several assorted varieties in every share.

Fingerling Potatoes-A delicious variety called Tom Thumb.

Cucumbers-A big assorted snack pack and 2 long Skinny Asian Slicers.

Eggplant-Several varieties planted this year and an assortment will appear in your share.

Peppers!!!-1 Bell pepper, 1-2 Poblano peppers and 1-2 Jalapeno. The Jalapeno is a new variety we are testing.  NO/LOW HEAT and all the flavor.

Slicer Tomato/s-We had enough slicer tomatoes ripen this week for 1-2 in each share.  MORE! to come soon.

Beans-1/2 pound bag.  2 varieties separated. A popular giant Italian style with rich flavor and an early green bush bean.