Another Joy FILLED week I am happy to say. The cooler temperatures make easy work in the gardens. Pleasurable days spent weeding, watering, planting and harvesting. We even had a bit of time to do what I like to call “fun weeding”. We tackled a few areas around the pond and flower gardens. Areas that are want to’s and not have to’s.
Robin’s nest in the grape arbor….beautiful.
Scott’s days are spent with a hoe, a sickle bar or weed wacker and I am on my knees most of the time pulling weeds from the garden, transplanting new seedlings or harvesting crops. We rise extra early (sometimes 4am!) to harvest as the vegetable and leafy greens that are cool from overnight. We get them washed and tucked in the cooler before the mid day heat sets in.
Removing summer pac choi transplants from the cells.
Transplanting Pac choi.
A stretch to reach the far row!
It was a fantastic week for leafy greens. They loved the cool nights and mild day temeratures. Our hoop house looks wonderful and filled with delicious lettuces.
Lettuce growing in the hoop house.
The cooler temperatures also mean we wait and wait and check and check for the warm loving crops. The beans, zucchini, and cucumbers were slow to develop this week. The plants are loaded with itty bitty produce waiting for some heat. We picked the first cucumber and I image we will have a bounty harvest next week.
Maeve picked the first cucumber…..
and then ate it!
It looks like we are going to have a great pear harvest this year after a few years of little or no fruit due to past cold Spring temperatures and late frosts. We are excited! Looks like enough to fill a share for everyone…and “put up” a few jars. Maeve loves pear sauce better than apple sauce.
Pear tree loaded with fruit.
Another Pear tree heavy with fruit.
SUMMER SHARE #6
226 Pounds of garden goodness harvested this week.
SNACK PACK
Leaf Lettuce-A big bag of perfect leaf lettuce. A great week for lettuce growing! Double rinsed. Sweet and juicy. Enjoy!
Leaf lettuce at harvest.
Head Lettuce-A beautiful buttercrunch. Thick leaves and delicious.
Skyphos Lettuce in the hoop house.
Carrots-Early summer carrots. We started harvesting this past week from the patch started in April with more to come. Remember our theme this summer is Carrots Carrots and more carrots….
The start of the summer carrot harvest.
Broccoli-A nice broccoli harvest this week. Harvesting from 3 different varieties.
Shelling Peas-Eat peas only. NOT shell. Snap end, pull string and remove peas. Excellent raw in salads, or steamed. This is the end of the peas for the season. The patch has been cleared and we will replant this week with Fall crops.
Garlic!-Fresh just dug, uncured garlic and delicious…..We couldn’t help ourselves….we had to dig some and peek. It is going to be a great garlic year. We almost doubled our plantings last Fall and Scott heavily mulched the crop and it is a bounty. We are firm believers here that you can never have too much garlic. Enjoy this first taste.
Raspberries-LERDAHL ONLY THIS WEEK. We have just started the picking. All shares will receive a 1/2 pint or more by the end of the harvest.
Raspberries!
FULL SHARE
Leaf Lettuce-A JUMBO bag of perfect leaf lettuce. A great week for lettuce growing! Double rinsed. Sweet and juicy. Enjoy!
Leaf lettuce ready to be cut.
Head Lettuce-A beautiful buttercrunch. Thick leaves and delicious.
Hauling up the lettuce harvest from the hoop house.
It’s 6 am and job is done….
Carrots-Early summer carrots. We started harvesting this past week from the patch started in April with more to come. Remember our theme this summer is Carrots Carrots and more carrots….
Scott field washing the carrots.
Garlic!-Fresh just dug, uncured garlic and delicious…..We couldn’t help ourselves….we had to dig some and peek. It is going to be a great garlic year. We almost doubled our plantings last Fall and Scott heavily mulched the crop and it is a bounty. We are firm believers here that you can never have too much garlic. Enjoy this first taste.
The garlic cleaner this week.
Broccoli/Cauliflower Combo-A bit of both in the full share this week.
Sugar Snap Peas-Eat Pod and all….this is the end of the peas for the seasons after a fantastic run. Almost 400 pounds of sugar snap were harvested this year. WOW!
Cucumbers-Kinda funny…only a few in each share. An early taste of these tasty mini munchers we love so much.
Raspberries-LERDAHL ONLY THIS WEEK. We have just started the picking. All shares will receive a 1/2 pint or more by the end of the harvest.
BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-cucumbers, fennel, cabbage, lettuce, broccoli, zucchini and more……
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