foxlinecityfarm

Happy Summer!  A fantastic week in the gardens.  Amazing how all the crops in the ground have taken off….

Tomato plants have doubled in size!

The watermelon crop is in!  180 plants.  An early morning duty.  We always wait a bit in transplanting this crop and grow the plants nice and big for time of transplant.  Works well for us and the plants seem to thrive in the warmer temperatures.  6 different varieties went in the ground.

Watermelon transplanting in the morning sun.

We seeded in more carrots, lots of beets, and long rows of beans again.  Another rotation of cucumbers at the trellis and we weeded all the onions.  Fall rotations of broccoli, kohlrabi, cabbage were seeded in the green house for transplant too.

We LOVED!!! this week….

We are hopeful Peas next week….a little bit of sunshine and we will have a bounty.

SUMMER SHARE #2

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE

Full Share #2

Snack Pack #2

Basil Plant (1 snack/2 Full), sweet leaf lettuce, mesclun mix, broccoli, bunching onions, tokyo bekina (fluffy chinese cabbage), kohlrabi, mint (full only)

Basil Plant- We started several different varieties for members to select a favorite to take home.

Leaf lettuce-Sweet juicy tissue paper thin harvest.  Nothing better than early season leaf lettuce.  All triple rinsed. This crop will return in Fall.

Leaf lettuce at harvest.

Mesclun Mix- A fun leafy mix of a few spicy asian greens with kale and leaf lettuce to round it out.  A favorite mix.

Dew kissed Mesclun mix in the morning.

Head Lettuce- A snappy head of Summer Crisp.  Sturdy leaves great on burgers and sandwiches.

Head lettuce at harvest.

Broccoli-This is the start of the broccoli bonanza.  An early variety called Blue Wind.  Smaller head size.  3 rotations are in the garden now of broccoli.  Hopefully a summer of broccoli for all of us….

Morning Broccoli Harvest.

Bunching onions-1st of the onions. We plant these in the hoop house for an early harvest.

Bunching onions planted against the side wall in the hoop house with tokyo bekina in front.

Tokyo Bekina-This is 1 of my favorite hoop house crops.  Great cabbage flavor, great texture, and so pretty.

Tokyo Bekina shining in the sun!

Kohlrabi-1st early harvest of these crunchy gems…we are going to be kohlrabi maniacs this year. MORE! to come….white, purple and those jumbo guys in Fall.

Kohlrabi floating in the dunk tank.

Mint (Full Share Only)- Add to your summer beverages, step in the evening for a hot tea, add to a fruit salad.  Mint shouts summertime.

Mint crop ready to harvest.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK…

Peas!!!???, swiss chard, garlic scapes, head lettuce, kohlrabi, pac choi and more…