August bounty is here! We are amazed with the harvests we are pulling in from the gardens. A fantastic season so far and we are keeping up! That is the best part. The edges of the “compound” might be a bit shaggy and we may be a bit tired at the end of the day (and sometimes in the mornings too) but we are happy. Life is good. Another huge harvest of the red norland potatoes this week and we hope to pull the remaining reds out early next week.
Maeve at the end of the red norland row after we dug 200+ pounds.
We picked our first slice tomatoes and the cherry tomatoes are hitting their stride. The vines are loaded. All the garlic is out and drying and all the summer onions pulled in 3 hours. BIG! high volume yield is the theme. The 1st summer squash patch is just about done and the 2nd patch is amping up. The 2nd patch is 1/2 the size of the 1st as we suspect the thrill of zucchini is slowly fading but still nice to have a few each week. Watermelon is sizing up and another bean rotation flowering. And Spaghetti squash almost ready. Final Fall planting of mini cabbages and kohlrabi in and yet another rotation of Fall spinach started this past week. We are excited that the Italian Fry peppers are starting to color and we picked our 1st jalapenos for the extra table. August is really the best month as we watch the light change and the garden share it’s gifts.
Garlic harvest is complete.
Making our way down the sweet onion rows.
Watermelon sizing up.
CSA SHARE #8
WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE-Corn, cherry tomatoes, slice tomato, summer squash, cucumber mix, skinny european slice cucumbers, green bell peppers, sweet summer onions, pac choi, mini cabbage head, leaf lettuce, red norland potatoes.
Full Share
Snack Pack
Corn!!!-This is the 1st picking of corn from Scott’s relative’s farm….Raupp Family Farm. It is conventionally grown and not organic. We have included the Raupp corn in our CSA shares for years and it is a treat and we are grateful. Delicious.
Cherry tomatoes-The vines are really starting to take off. Sweet and delicious.
Look waaaaaay down at the end I am waving from the end of a Cherry tomato row.
Washed and ready for the shares.
Slice tomatoes-1st harvest 1 for snack and 2 for Full. Looks like it is going to be a great tomato year.
1st slicer of the season.
Cucumber mix-American snacker cucumbers. Several varieties in each share.
Full share cucumber mix.
European thin Slice Cucumbers-Several in each share of these thin skinned wonders.
Thin European Cucumbers at harvest.
Bell Peppers-A HUGE! harvest this week…
Harvesting Bells in the pepper patch.
Sweet summer onions-A favorite of mine and we have TONS!
Pac choi-Add a little crunch to your salad or stir fry this week.
Pac choi ready to harvest in the morning sun.
Cut Pac Choi ready to be crated and hauled to the dunk tank.
Mini Cabbage head-Snack has Mini pointy and Full share mini green and purple.
Leaf Lettuce-A nice mix for summer salads.
Leaf lettuce after a triple rinse.
Red norland potatoes-Great yield this year and so delicious….and more to come!
BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-CARROTS!, CORN, TOMATOES, CUCUMBERS, GROUND CHERRIES, HEAD LETTUCE, SUMMER SQUASH AND MORE….
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