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Here comes Summer from the garden!  Another fantastic week filled with “Holy Cow!!!” surprises.  We spent our days with weed control as top priority and filling in the empty spaces in the garden that are slowly opening up as the early Spring crops leave us.  Another HUGE! late carrot bed went in, long long rows of beets, 450 summer broccoli, 3 rotations of lettuces, and seeds started in the greenhouse to ensure a steady flow of produce all season long.  We had to laugh out loud a few times this week at the amazing surprises we found.  The wind blew strong one afternoon and I glanced at the beans and was astonished “there are beans under there!”  Much earlier than expected.  Same with the eggplant….I wandered over and the plants were loaded with beauties.  A treat!  And then walking the wheelbarrow of weeds to the compost a shot of color caught my eye….cherry tomatoes!!! What is going on we kept repeating…We are moving on to summer.  Our pea harvest is done.  Next week we will clear the vines, prep the area and replant with beans.

We have a great harvest this week and looking forward to an amazing season.

A peek at all the coolness happening in the gardens…..

BEANS!

Cherry tomatoes on the vine.

And MORE!

Beautiful!

Lettuce transplants.

Scott prepped the soil….

And I followed with late carrot planting and beet transplants.

All in a day’s work.

Here’s another amazing thing that blows us away…..look what is around the corner!  Maybe next week!

SUMMER SHARE #5

We are beyond thrilled with the treats that fill the shares this week.  Lots of early bird harvests that we have never harvested in June.  Enjoy it all.  309 pounds fresh from the gardens.

Thank you to all that brought in stored up totes from home we are past the worry of running short.  

SNACK PACK

Head Lettuce, Mini cabbage head, Beta Mix (baby swiss chards and beet tops), Broccoli, Kohlrabi, Zucchini, Turnips, Garlic Scapes, and Cucumbers!

Head Lettuce-A sweet summer crunch.  Crisp and delicious.

Lettuce ready to harvest.

Mini Cabbage Head-The perfect size to add to salads, slaw or stir fry.

Cleaning the outer leaves off the cabbage in the shade.

Beta Mix-A beautiful mix of baby swiss chard and beet tops. Wonderful flavor.

Beta Mix at dawn ready to harvest.

Broccoli-More of that fantastic sweet early broccoli.  This is the last of the early season harvest.

Broccoli just about ready to be picked.

Broccoli just cut from the field.

Kohlrabi-This is the last of the early kohlrabi harvest too.  3 more rotations are in the field now AND we plant those monster huge ones too for Fall harvest.

End of the early Kohlrabi harvest.

Zucchini-The Zucchini patch is just starting to really produce.  We pick daily so they are small and tender.

This beauty sure was in a hurry.

Salad Turnips-We LOVE! these and they are VERY difficult to grow outside of the greenhouse as an early summer crop.  This year we did it!  Enjoy fresh.

Just picked Salad Turnips in the garden.  We sneak a patch in between the tomato rows before the tomato harvest begins.

All washed up and ready for the shares.

Garlic Scapes-This is the end of this early season treat.  Use as you would garlic cloves in your meal preparation.

Cucumbers!!!  The vines are just starting to produce and a taste is added to the snack pack shares only this week.

Another garden surprise this week.

1st cucumber harvest of the season.

FULL SHARE

Head Lettuce, Mini Cabbage head, Beta Mix (colorful blend of baby swiss chard and beet tops, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Zucchini, Turnips, Garlic Scapes, Eggplant, Beans!, and Beets.

Head Lettuce-A tasty summer crunch.

Summer Crunch Lettuce at harvest.

Mini Cabbage Head-Another mini head for fresh eating or saute, or slaw.

All cleaned up and ready for a dip in the wash tank.

Beta Mix-A pretty blend of mini swiss chards and beet tops.  This is the end of this crop for the season as it does not grow as well in heat.

Beta Mix just harvested and ready to be washed.

Broccoli-We are thrilled with our early broccoli harvest this year.  Enjoy!  This is the end of the early season broccoli.  More to come later in the season.

Broccoli just cut in the field.

Cauliflower-We did it!  This is a difficult crop for us for some reason in the Spring.  The flavor is amazing.  We had it roasted for supper last night and it was delicious.

Cauliflower in the field.

Zucchini-The summer staple.  A few patty pans too!

A morning harvest.

Salad Turnips-A difficult crop for us to grow outside the hoop house.  We had to compost most of the first harvest and succeeded with the 2nd bed we snuck in between the tomato rows.  Enjoy fresh.  A rare early summer treat!

Look at those love birds!

Garlic Scapes-The last of the scapes from the garlic plants.  Use as you would garlic cloves.

Eggplant-Not sure how that happened but here they are!  Enjoy this early season wonder.

Beans!-Another surprise this week.  We planted this crop right before that last late hard frost of the Spring.  We were unsure what would happen.

1st pick of the season.

Beets-A harvest of baby beets for dinner this week.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-head lettuce, cucumbers, zucchini, beans, kale, potatoes???, carrots??? (we are still waiting for these slow pokes), and more….