Summer Share #2 June 4th

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Summer Share #2 June 4th

June 4, 2020 by foxlinecityfarm

The tomatoes are in! Always the last HUGE! time consuming job on our long planting list. 420+ plants all nestled in the trellised rows.

Tomato planting….5 rows went in this year!

Tomato Patch is IN!

Scott got the shade cloth on the new hoop house before that big blast of heat rolled in and it sure makes a difference.

Hoop 2 loving the shade cloth up. Just in time….

At least 10 degrees cooler in there. We notice the peas are flowering, the garlic is just about ready to “scape” and early broccoli is starting to head and the cabbages too. Hard to believe but it is summer!

SUMMER SHARE #2

Full Share

Snack Pack

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE-BASIL PLANT, PEA SHOOTS, HEAD LETTUCE, SPINACH, RADISHES, PAC CHOI AND CARROTS!

Basil Plant- (2 plants in full share)-Maeve and Jennifer planted the basil plants and did the upgrading to larger pots this Spring. Genovese variety. Plant in the ground or in a pot to enjoy all summer long.

Basil plants ready to go to new homes.

Pea Shots-Delicious fresh pea flavor. Stalks are tender and sweet. Place on a kitchen window sill on a plate and water as needed. Snip vines and add to fresh salads or garnish soups or stir fries. Compost when all vines are snipped.

Pea shoots!

Head Lettuce-Another great harvest of lettuce out of Hoop 1. Assorted varieties were harvested and we mixed it up a bit and assorted varieties went into the shares. Best early season lettuce we have ever grown and we hope it continues all summer long.

1 of the many lettuce varieties out of hoop 1.

And then up for a quick tripple dip in the cool dunk tanks.

Spinach-A great final harvest of our Spring Spinach. 100’s of pounds came off the 2 rows this season and we were amazed. We picked the last crop very early in the morning and then pulled the plants and prepped the area for summer beets. Spinach will return in Fall.

Scott with the final Spinach harvest. We triple rinse, spin and then air dry on this screened rack Scott created.

Radishes-We harvested radishes from an outside planting and inside hoop 2 this week. 2 crops french breakfast and white icicle. Both snappy with a bit of heat.

Looks like peppermint candy! Radishes ready to bag for CSA Shares.

Pac choi-I LOVE! pac choi….it is Maeve’s “go to” snack. She chomps down on the delicious stems. We add it to all our salads, love it wilted down with olive oil and garlic and also added to broth at the last minute. We harvested 2 varieties this week…and I was in such a rush to get it cut in the morning heat I forgot to take a picture of the beautiful green variety (in full share only)….so including image below of an earlier harvest….

Pac choi at harvest….

And chilling in the dunk tank.

Carrots-1st Carrot harvest of the season. These carrots were seeded in early March. A slow go but so worth it! Enjoy!! We have big carrot goals this year. Hopefully LOTS! of carrots throughout the summer. Maeve calls these “real” carrots because of their great carrot flavor.