Summer Share #12 August 18th

August 18, 2016 by foxlinecityfarm

A bit of Autumn is in the morning air. Cool, damp, dewy mornings signal to us that the season is quietly transitioning. This little whisper is putting a hustle in our step to get those final crops of the season in the field and the last rotations in the hoophouse and overwintered crops started. A few times this past week we mentioned “we are out of time!”. The summer is slowly rolling by.

We had some time to get our tomato canning and drying done this past week with the bounty tomato haul from the patch. We slow cooked down the tomatoes and made a thick sauce to freeze.

A mix of the pretty heirlooms for our sauce.

1st batch cooked down and ready for the freezer.

With all the bounty from the garden we have been able to regularly attend the Baraboo Farmers’ Market. Always a fun Saturday and Maeve is helping out this year too.

Saturday at the Baraboo Farmers’ Market.

We were pleased that we had extra time as hours were not spent on huge labor intensive harvests this past week. We are between bean crops and with the cucumber and zucchini crops pulled we finally had time on our hands to focus on some major cleanup and weeding and work on some primping around here. The garden walkways were cleared, existing crops weeded and greenhouse and hoop house spiffed up. Finally!!! It feels great.

Big news is we started the melon harvest. We have been monitoring the field for 2 weeks and after a final check……

Ready to check a golden midget watermelon….looks promising.

Beautiful! We’re ready…..Finally!

After peeking under the canopy of greens at the start of harvest we had a HUGE! “Holy Cow” moment. There were tons of melon beauties under there. TONS! We had no idea. 5 hours later the harvest was done and hundreds of melons were pulled from the field. Never have we had an abundance like this before. We donated a load to the Boys and Girls Club for the kids to enjoy. Nothing better than sweet fresh watermelon at the end of summer.

1st melon from the field.. A golden midget.

A quick taste test.

Scott picking up the melons.

We planted several varieties and they are SWEET!

SUMMER SHARE #12

Another fantastic share this week with many colorful treats. AND we jumped over the 1000 pound mark thanks to the watermelon harvest. 1387 pounds from the garden this week. Enjoy!

SNACK PACK

Cherry tomatoes, slice tomatoes, tomato sauce kit(paste tomatoes, oregano, jalapeno pepper, garlic, celery), romaine lettuce, carrots, potatoes, melon, sweet peppers,

Cherry Tomatoes-A pint of the pretty mix.

Washed and ready for this week’s share.

Tomato Sauce Kit-Everything needed for the perfect homemade sauce. Paste tomatoes, garlic, peppers, celery and oregano.

Washed Celery for the Tomato Sauce Kits.

Slice Tomatoes-Choose a couple.

Head Lettuce-Another great Romaine harvest from the hoop house. Our seasonal goal is fresh lettuce every week.

Carrots!-Delicious snappy carrots from our hoop house. Perfect!

Scott pulling carrots.

Finishing up my side of the row.

What a bounty!

Look at that funny guy!

Potatoes-This week’s choice is Superior. A dryer potato and delicious.

Superior Potatoes. Perfect!

Sweet Peppers-Beautiful Carmen Italian Fryer Peppers and a Sweet Bell this week..

Another Jumbo Pepper harvest.

Watermelon-A sweet, sweet harvest. 1 watermelon in each share. Choose a beauty.

FULL SHARE

Cherry tomatoes, slice tomatoes, tomato sauce kit (paste tomatoes, oregano, jalapeno, celery), romaine head lettuce, carrots, potatoes, 2 watermelons, sunflower bouquets, spaghetti squash, sweet peppers.

Cherry Tomato-A quart mix again this week.