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LET THE SEASON BEGIN…..

Exciting life around here.  It’s hustle time…..our days are full with seed starting, garden prepping, transplanting and harvesting from the hoop house and even doing a bit of direct seeding of early crops into the garden.  Peas are up!  Outside spinach transplanted, a big long row of early transplanted cabbage went in the field on a balmy day this week.  Scott created a long LONG! carrot trough for us this year and close to 5000 carrots were seeded in. We are adding 2 rows to our tomato patch this season and tomato plants are upgraded (“thank you” Amy for the hours of help-and perfect penmanship) to larger pot size and growing strong in the greenhouse.  Scott put an emergency addition onto the greenhouse to keep all the tomatoes, peppers and eggplant warm and cozy until we can put them out.  Fun days and we are loving every minute of it.

A quick tour around to take a look at all the activity in the gardens…..

Scott laying plastic mulch in the garden. Such a hopeful image of the summer ahead.

Holy Cow!  That’s a lot of tomatoes!!

Same tomato plants 1 week after upgrade transplanting.

The new carrot trough all seeded in.

Garlic is up!

The new emergency pepper/eggplant/basil greenhouse lean to….

Peas are up too!

ALL Beets watered in right before that wind hit-notice this drip lines starting to “float”.

Transplanted Cabbage. A bit risky this early in the season but we can protect with row cover if it gets too chilly.

First Spring Share!

A fantastic first share of the season.  Just over 3 pounds of tasty greens from the hoop house.  All is washed and ready to eat.  Each share is packaged in our reusable FoxLine totes and chilling in the walk in cooler until pick up.  Please return your tote at next pick up for use with future shares.

Thank you for sharing our gardens with us this season.  We are looking forward to a great summer.

Here’s dinner this week.

Pac Choi-A juicy mini head called Shiro.  Can be added to fresh salads or delicious lightly sauteed.

Pac Choi at harvest.

Spinach-Big juicy leaves that are super flavorful and sweet.  A “thank you” to Gwen for the help with this week’s harvest.

This week’s Spinach at harvest with baby Beta Mix seeded in just sprouting.

Radish blend-The first radishes of the season with more to come.

French Breakfast Radishes in the hoop house.

Red Leaf lettuce-Sweet and pretty too. A delicate leaf lettuce.

Leaf lettuce at harvest with mini asian green seeded in between.

Red Pac Choi-A leafy asian green with red ribs.  Fantastic sauteed in olive oil and garlic or enjoyed fresh in salads to add a bit of crunch.

Asian Green-Tokyo Bekana-A fluffy lime green asian green that tastes a bit like chinese cabbage.  Adds nice loft to fresh salads.

Both Asian Greens are bagged together in your share this week.

Tokyo Bekana in the hoop house ready for harvest.

Chives-A nice big bunch from our outdoor perennial gardens….

Weeding out the hoop after this week’s harvest. Getting it all set to replant.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK

turnip bonanza! 2 varieties-we can’t wait….., spinach, head lettuce 2 varieties, more radishes, mini asian greens mix, cilantro and maybe even more!

1 variety of next week’s turnip harvest. Sweet!