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A fast week of weeding and transplanting in the garden but with some Holiday fun tossed in too…  Fall broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower all transplanted out and then a nice soaking rain.  The last of the peas have been picked and that area getting cleaned up to make way for new seeding in of shart season fall crops.  Scott cultivated the walkways and we made our way down the pepper row.  Our duties are shifting to “harvest mode” with daily visits to the summer squash and cucumber areas and other crops that must be checked every other day for harvesting.  Maeve and I upgraded the ginger and turmeric that we planted in shallow trays in February to larger crates and upgraded another round of basil to new pots.  We attended the Baraboo Sunday Market with our garden produce and Maeve sold cards in the children’s market area….a fun event for all of us on a beautiful day.  A water balloon fight on an evening when our work was done and the fireworks in the Dells on the 4th.  A great week!

Sunday Market in downtown Baraboo.

Ginger and Turmeric Planting….

And our work is done….Maeve filling balloons for the water balloon fight. 

Happy 4th of July!

A few cherry tomatoes are ripening and peppers developing too.  Both a few weeks behind last year but coming on strong. Our fruit trees are loaded this year after a disappointing harvest last season due to that late frost.  We are going to start pulling the garlic and peek at the potatoes next week.  A fantastic season so far and we are grateful.

Color on the Cherry Tomatoes….

Slicers not too far behind!

I’ll be teaching a wreath workshop this coming Saturday  July 8th at New Life Lavender and Cherry Farm for the Sauk County Lavender Festival.  I’m looking forward to creating wreaths with their beautiful lavender grown at their farm.  A fun workshop.

SUMMER SHARE #6

The best yet!….Such a great season so far.  And a few early bird surprises this week. The cucumber vines are just starting to produce, the summer squash too and the first rotation of beans!  Enjoy the bounty.

282 pounds this week from the garden.

We harvested a beautiful rotation of PERFECT! butterhead lettuce also this week.  It jumped ahead in it’s rotation.  We made the choice to include the pretty and tasty Cherokee in the shares as planned and this delicious butter head is in the “extra” area for members to take if they choose…..we did not want people to be overwhelmed with leafy greens in the shares….

Perfect Butterhead lettuce ready to harvest.

Tons of it….

Sweet, juicy leaves……all extra of you want it….

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE

SNACK PACK

head lettuce, pac choi, chinese cabbage, zucchini, cucumbers, broccoli and beans

Head lettuce-A great summer lettuce-Cherokee.  Beautiful and delicious.

This week’s head lettuce at harvest.

Beautiful Cherokee

Pac Choi-2 varieties ready this week and the last (I promise) of the pac choi until Fall.  We love it fresh in salads but fantastic in soups or stir fry.

Pac Choi ready to be picked.

Chinese Cabbage-We grow the little guys-a variety called minuet.  We like the smaller size as not so overwhelming to eat our way through.  A light saute with garlic and olive makes the perfect side for dinner.

Chinese Cabbage at harvest.

Zucchini-Several in every share this week!  We pick them daily small and tender.  We planted a huge patch this season of 6 different varieties.

Cucumbers!-Here they come!  A mixed bag in all the snack pack this week of perfect snackers.

The 1st cucumbers of the season!

1st white cucumbers of the season too…..

Broccoli-AGAIN!  We can’t believe it!!!  This is the 3rd early season variety we planted and it headed up quickly.  A lighter more compact head than last week’s variety.  Sweet flavor and absolutely delicious.

Broccoli at harvest.

Beans-Here they come and somehow right on time even though we had a cool Spring.

1st green beans of the season.

FULL SHARE

head lettuce, leaf lettuce, pac choi, chinese cabbage, zucchini, long european slicing cucumbers, snow peas, eggplant, broccoli and beans

Head Lettuce-A beautiful heat loving red lettuce-cherokee.  Perfect heads.

Head lettuce soaking in the wash tanks.

Leaf Lettuce-A sweet bag of mixed leaf lettuce.

Leaf Lettuce at harvest in the hoop house.

This week’s leaf lettuce washer (and snacker).

Pac Choi-2 varieties and the last of the pac choi until Fall-I promise….

Last early season Pac choi rotation in the hoop house ready to be cut.

Pac choi ready to be bagged for the shares.  The pac choi bonanza is OVER until Fall.

Chinese Cabbage-The 1st chinese cabbage harvest from the outdoor gardens.  We plant a small variety called Minuet Makes a great slaw, can be sauted, and also enjoyed fresh in mixed salads.

Zucchini-Several in every full share.  A summer staple all season long.  A second summer squash patch is going in this week to extend our season.

Hi Auntie Howdy…..your old barbie bureau that you gave to Maeve saw some action again this weekend….a barbie fashion show!

Counting out the zucchini harvest.

European Slicing Cucumbers-To of these delicious slender beauties in every Full Share.

The cucumber trellis.

Snow Peas-A nice big bag!  A treat!  fresh or saute in stir fry.

Snow Peas on the vine…..

…and after harvest.

Eggplant-Again-I know!  Just crazy! A mini variety that we love and an early producer.

Morning eggplant pick.

Broccoli-AGAIN too!!!!  Isn’t it great!  All 3 early rotations we planted are now out and we are thrilled with the harvest.  This variety Belstar is a lighter head variety than last week’s variety.

Beans-1st rotation of green beans. 3 rotations planted in the garden now…. Enjoy!

1st green bean harvest of the season.

Scott weighing and bagging the bean bounty.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-new baby red potatoes, fresh garlic, flat italian parsley, head lettuce, carrots!, zucchini, beans, cucumber and more!