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A good friend commented this past week that “your gardening must be just about done for the season….”.  “NO WAY!” was my reply.  We are still picking the remaining tomatoes and our 2nd planting of summer squash are chugging along offering up a few beauties every day.  The pepper crop amazes us with it’s beautiful bounty we haul out every week and all the long season Autumn crops are just kicking in. Lots of broccoli and cabbage in the fields too.  Sweet potatoes are still in the ground and we still have remaining potatoes to hand dig.  Not to mention that we just seeded in some late quick radishes and turnips last week and hoop house transplants are still in the greenhouse ready to go. Oh, and the juicy Fall spinach has just kicked in too…. We have a long growing season remaining this year with lots of goodies to share.  And pretty excited about what is yet to come.  We’re not slowing down yet.  We do wonder and worry about the first frost but Scott has pulled out the hoops and row cover if needed for a chilly night to protect our last crops in the garden.

We had 2 inches of perfect rain this past week and the new little garden seedlings loved it and have responded with robust growth…..but, we had to water daily in the hoop house to keep everyone happy.

Daily Hoop house watering.

We spent this past week once again weeding out all the little seedlings in the garden and hoop house.  A long slow job but enjoyable in the cooler days of Autumn. Scott is weed wacking his way around the edges of the garden that get ignored during the busy days of summer.  Our compost piles got flipped and we are slowly cleaning up the areas of the garden that are opening up.  We hope to move and expand our rhubarb area and have mapped out a better location and this area needs to be prepped.  Our garlic beds need to get prepared as well-and then planted….another fun week ahead of the beginning duties for next season.

SUMMER SHARE #17

Scott packing the shares this morning.

A wonderful share this week….652 pounds from the garden.

SNACK PACK

Asian Greens leafy blend-A great mix of leafy greens.  Mildly spicy and very pretty.

Asian Greens mix at harvest.

Asian Greens harvest from the hoop house.

Sweet Peppers-We picked an assortment again this week and 1-2 will be in your share.

Maeve snuck up and took a picture of me way back in the pepper patch.

Maeve’s pepper picture.

Zucchini-A great harvest from the 2nd planting of our summer squash patch.

Brussels Sprouts-Finally here!  We love this crop.  Enjoy!  A nice big bag in your share this week.

Picking Brusslels Sprouts in the HUGE! patch….

Edamame-Another week of this perfect treat.

Spaghetti Squash-The last of this crop for the season.

Scott and Maeve washing the spaghetti squash before we put them in the shares.

Cherry Tomatoes-Still here!  Our Tomato plants are slowing down and we are nearing the end of this crop.

Washed and ready to be portioned off for this week’s shares.

Heirloom Slice Tomatoes-We are nearing the end of our great tomato season.  1 or 2 in every share.  Enjoy the final tastes of the season.

Beautiful Heirloom Slicers.

Potatoes-This week’s potato is Superior.  A long term storage potato and versatile-great baked, steamed, roasted or fried.  This variety is a popular variety grown for potato chips.

Broccoli-Erdman and Lerdahl Snack Shares Only.

Eggplant-Baraboo Snack Shares Only.

Morning pick of Eggplant.

FULL SHARE

Asian Greens leafy blend-A great mix of leafy greens.  Mildly spicy and very pretty.

Asian greens harvest.

Asian greens picked and ready to be washed.

Spinach!-The first harvest of the Autumn crop….enjoy.

Spinach at harvest.

Maeve sneaking a spinach snack.

Spinach double rinsed, spun and ready to be bagged for this week’s shares.

Sweet Peppers-We picked an assortment again this week and 1-2 will be in your share.

Maeve’s picture of Pepper picking.

Brussels Sprouts-Finally here!  We love this crop.  Enjoy!  A nice big bag in your share this week.

Harvesting Brussels Sprouts.

Edamame-Another week of this perfect treat.

Spaghetti Squash-The last of this crop for the season.

All washed up and ready for the shares.

Cherry Tomatoes-Still here!  Our Tomato plants are slowing down and we are nearing the end of this crop.

Pretty Cherry Tomatoes…..I just love these pictures.

Heirloom Slice Tomatoes-We are nearing the end of our great tomato season.  1 or 2 in every share.  Enjoy the final tastes of the season.

Heirloom Slicers ready for the shares….

Paste Tomatoes-A nice sized bag for a quick sauce.

Potatoes-This week’s potato is Superior.  A long term storage potato and versatile-great baked, steamed, roasted or fried.  This variety is a popular variety grown for potato chips.

Radish-A 1st Fall harvest of the tasty French Breakfast.

Kohlrabi-I have always wanted to grow these jumbo beauties….and here they are.  A 1st in our CSA.

A huge german jumbo variety. Snappy and delicious.

Shallots-Long Storage life.  Mild flavor.  Delicious.

Shallots cured in the greenhouse.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-ROMAINE LETTUCE (FINALLY!), MIXED LEAFY GREENS, SPINACH, SALAD TURNIPS, SWISS CHARD, SQUASH, PEPPERS, RADISH, SWEET POTATOES???, BEANS!!!! AND MORE…….

REMINDER-LAST SHARE OF THE SEASON IS OCTOBER 12TH.  PLEASE RETURN ALL BAGS AND PACKAGING MATERIAL BEFORE THE END OF THE SEASON.