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BEANS!  That was the big theme for this week.  Beans, beans and more beans…. We picked, pulled, planted and gave some away….We pulled the bean plants from the first plantings this Spring and replanted another round of green bush beans for a late harvest. And started picking a new crop of delicious green and purple French filet beans.  The plants are loaded and we pulled handfuls at harvest.

Green French filet beans.

Purple French Filet Beans.

We canned 20+ pounds of green beans one hot afternoon for our pantry and are now well stocked for winter.

Scott cutting beans for canning and Maeve offering him a few bucks as an incentive.

I added a few little early red potatoes to a few quarts of beans as an experiment. So pretty!

Done!

We peeked in on the dragon tongue beans and they have a ways to go until they reach “shell out” maturity but a bounty of beans are out there.  Something to look forward to with a late season harvest.

Dragon Tongue beans growing thick.

When not focused on the beans we watered…..the irrigation now runs around the clock somewhere in the garden.  I know Scott is getting tired of me rushing from some area of the garden and saying “IT’S DRY-BONE DRY! POWDER DRY!! WHEN DID YOU IRRIGATE!”  The strong winds and high heat we had all week quickly dried out the soil.  We hand watered the little carrot and beet seedlings daily in addition to drip irrigation…. and had to water the hoop house and greenhouse 2-3 times daily to keep up.  Lots of time spent with the watering wand.

A second watering in the hoop house and it is only noon.

Scott is thrilled that he completed the garlic harvest.   Lots of hand digging but the full crop is now out.  We separate the heads by size and hang them to dry in groups of 10.  A second rotation of zucchini will take it’s place.

Ta Da! Garlic harvest complete.

The same spaghetti squash plant photographed last week at a different angle. They loved the heat this past week and continue to develop.

Maeve and I wandered the watermelon and cantalope patch and Maeve is certain there are over a thousand out there.  By the way things look I do not think she is far off in her guess.  We were curious and picked a melon and it is just starting to turn pink inside.  I asked Scott to turn on the irrigation when we walked back and he sighed and said it just ran over there 2 days ago…”IT’S BONE DRY! POWDER DRY!!!!” was my reply.   A few weeks to go until these beauties are ripe.

Maeve with the watermelon check.

SUMMER SHARE #10

Please return your share bags and any reusable packing materials.

Hard to believe it is half way through the season.  Such a strong 1st half of the season and so many goodies yet to come.

839 pounds of produce to enjoy this week!  WOW!

SNACK PACK

Head Lettuce-A sweet fluffy head picked in the early morning light before the heat sets in….A  Summer Crisp named Muir.  Our first year planting this variety and it may become a new favorite.  Delicious!

Cucumber Snacking Mix-A mixed bag of munchers and american pickling.

Dill-A bundle for a small batch of refrigerator pickles or cucumber salad.

Potatoes!-Scott’s favorite variety.  Carola.  We just started hand digging this crop and it is a bounty.  Again, the best potatoes we have ever had and a huge thank you to Uncle Jim for his help!!!  Perfect skin and the plants are loaded. We chuckle when we pull them from the ground…. Carola can be steamed, boiled, mashed, or fried.  More to come of this fantastic potato.

Summer Leeks-We harvested the last of the summer leeks to go with the Carolas this week.

Pulling Summer leeks.

French Filet bicolor mix-Long green and purple filet beans.

Corn!!!!-The 1st harvest of the season.  We DO NOT grow our corn.  It is conventionally grown corn grown by Scott’s Uncle for us.  When we poled CSA members in the past and asked it they would like conventionally grown corn in the shares the overwhelming response was “yes!”.  We have limited space in our gardens and not able to grow corn so this is our best option.  We look forward to a few more weeks of the corn harvest.

Cherry Tomatoes-The plants are really starting to produce with the heat this week. So pretty!

This weeks cherry tomato harvest after washing.

Slicing Tomatoes-A few heirlooms to choose from.

Zucchini-We planted several varieties and pick them small.

FULL SHARE

Head Lettuce-A sweet fluffy head picked in the early morning light before the heat sets in….A  Summer Crisp named Muir.  Our first year planting this variety and it may become a new favorite.  Delicious!

Cucumber Snacking Mix-A mixed bag of munchers and american pickling.

Dill-A bundle for a small batch of refrigerator pickles or cucumber salad.

Potatoes!-Scott’s favorite variety.  Carola.  We just started hand digging this crop and it is a bounty.  Again, the best potatoes we have ever had and a huge thank you to Uncle Jim for his help!!!  Perfect skin and the plants are loaded.  Carola can be steamed, boiled, mashed, or fried.  More to come of this fantastic potatoe.

Summer Leeks-We harvested the last of the summer leeks to go with the Carolas this week.

Summer leek harvest done.

French Filet bicolor mix-Long green and purple filet beans.

Corn!!!!-The 1st harvest of the season.  We DO NOT grow our corn.  It is conventionally grown corn grown by Scott’s Uncle for us.  When we poled CSA members in the past and asked it they would like conventionally grown corn in the shares the overwhelming response was “yes!”.  We have limited space in our gardens and not able to grow corn so this is our best option.  We look forward to a few more weeks of the corn harvest.

Cherry Tomatoes-The plants are really starting to produce with the heat this week. So pretty!

In the Cherry tomato patch.

Eggplant-Italian or Asian will be in the shares this week.

Italian Eggplant at harvest.

Peaches!-Tree ripe and our first harvest from this tree planted 7 years ago.

A few peaches to share from this little tree.

REMAINING RASPBERRY SHARES WILL BE NEXT WEEK.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-Peppers, cauliflower, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, cutting celery, lettuce, and more….