Summer Share #7 July 9th

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Summer Share #7 July 9th

July 9, 2020 by foxlinecityfarm

We are hot but happy. Huge harvests from the garden. We joke that our lives are kinda like the movie Groundhog’s Day. The same thing over and over and over and over…..45-50 zucchinis harvested every morning, 2+ tubs of cucumbers picked and then 25-40 pounds of beans and watering maniacs in the hoop houses and green house. We are blown away with the harvests every morning. Such a great season…and we are keeping up even though we have to change our clothes 3 times a day!

1.25 inches of rain fell and it was wonderful. Just in time as it was dry.

Dancing in the rain.

We planted our final rotation of green beans, transplanted out a bit more broccoli, seeded in a “surprise” for the Fall and weeded the watermelon patch for the last time as I do not think we will be able to get in there anymore. It’s just about a full carpet.

Watermelon patch….tons of baby watermelon.

We weeded through hoop 2 again. Carrots and beets look wonderful and did another big transplant in Hoop 1.

Hoop 1 is now completely dedicated to “leafy greens”.

Peppers are forming and we picked a few early cherry tomatoes. We love summer…

Cherry tomatoes around the corner.

AND

Potatoes too…we did a quick check this week. Won’t be long now.

SUMMER SHARE #7

Full Share

Snack Pack

Leaf Lettuce, baby arugula, mini asian mix (full only) sweet onions, garlic, dill, sugar snap peas, green beans, shelling peas (full only), zucchini, snacking cucumbers, asian/european cucumber.

Leaf Lettuce-A sweet harvest from the hoop house. Perfect for light salads.

Leaf Lettuce triple rinsed and ready to be weighed for shares.

Arugula-A snappy favorite. A spicy peppery flavor. Add to a tossed green salad for a bit of zip or we love it slightly wilted with a bit of vinegar.

Arugula at harvest.

Asian Mix (full only)-A nice mix of asian choi and leafy greens. Beautiful color and texture.

Asian Greens mix in the morning sun.

Sweet onions-We picked a few early as we have 1000’s out there and I also wanted them with the 1st big cucumber harvest. The 2 pair up so well.

Scott with the Early Bird Sweet Onion Harvest. Note brussels sprouts growing tall in the background.

Garlic-Green Garlic. Just picked garlic that has not been dried. Amazing flavor-mild and almost sweet. More to come…A great garlic year for us.

Dill-Had to include this with the cucumber bounty…a nice big bunch. Great with fish too.

Dill in the field ready to harvest.

and headed up to the garage to be bundled.

Sugar snap Peas-This is the end of the sugar snaps….Enjoy. Raw or grilled they are wonderful.

Final pea harvest-the vines are over my head!

Shelling Peas (full only)-The last of these too for the season.

Green Beans-TONS! were harvested and there is a bounty for the CSA this week. We planted 2 rotations 3 weeks apart and they are both ready at the exact same time… We harvest daily so they are small and tender. We call those big guys pencils and who wants to eat a pencil?