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Well, we all survived the HUGE rainfall last week right at pick up time…Crazy and a bit of a challenge but as we say around here attitude is everything.  At least it was not super HOT!   It was surreal at times but we kept a smile on our faces and powered on… 2.5 inches dumped down from the sky in a very short period of time.

WET!

Another fun week.  ALL the garlic is out of the ground and curing.  A great harvest and as soon as we had it all out Scott tilled and created a new bed for our second rotation of zucchini.

Maeve carrying the garlic from the field as we hand pull.

cleaning garlic in the shade.

Headed out to the field to plant 2nd patch of Zucchini.

2 more rotations of beans went in and we are harvesting the sweet summer onions daily.  We transplanted the final rotation of chinese cabbage and leeks.  The watermelon patch was weeded the last time as after this week I do not think we can get in there anymore.  It’s a carpet of vines.  Just beautiful.

Maeve in the watermelon patch.

We are going to try for a heart and square shaped watermelon.  We ordered these molds just for fun over the winter.

Tomato plants are loaded with fruit and we picked our very 1st ripe beauty.  A golden yellow one.

1st tomato from the garden.

Next week we start potato digging….Exciting!

SUMMER SHARE #8

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Snack

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE-ROMAINE HEAD LETTUCE, KOHLRABI, GREEN BEANS, PURPLE PEARL ONIONS, SWEET SUMMER ONIONS, ZUCCHINI, CUCUMBERS, ASIAN/EUROPEAN CUCUMBERS, MINI CABBAGES

Romaine lettuce-A summer favorite with a great flavor.  And get this it can be grilled!

Romaine ready to harvest in the early morning sun.

Romaine at harvest.

Asian Greens Mix-(Full Only)-A spicy mix to add to fresh salads or eat alone as a zippy fresh salad.  Can also be steamed.

Asian mix in hoop 1 ready to harvest.

Kohlrabi-We harvested 2 varieties a creamy what and a light green.  We love them raw in our salads.

Kohlrabi after washing.

Green beans-Another bounty.  I promise not this much next week!  Again we are harvesting off of two plantings and you can see the differences in bean varieties.  A smaller darker green and a thicker lighter green.

Bean plants are loaded!

Scott putting beans on a tray to chill in the cooler before we tub up.

Green beans all weighed out and ready for the shares.

Purple pearl onions-These are so pretty and perfectly sized for grilling.  Excellent in fresh green salads or a cucumber salad.

Beautiful!

Sweet summer onions-We will have these for a loooooooooong time.  The harvest has just begun and the row is long.  They are deliciously sweet.

Summer onions just pulled.

Zucchini-Great harvest this week of this summer staple.

Morning daily zucchini walk.

Cucumbers-A very nice mix of 6 varieties of snackers.  The 2nd rotation in the field just started producing. We pick every morning.  Cucumbers store best in a plastic bag that is left open at the top.

Asian/European Slicer-1 or 2 small ones in each share.

These are just starting to produce. harvested daily for a small seed cavity.

Mini cabbages-Perfectly sized for a side dish  and wonderful cut in 1/2 and grilled with a bit of olive oil.

Cute pointy guys in the Snack Pack Shares and round and pointy in Full Shares.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-POTATOES!, HEAD LETTUCE, GREEN BEANS, CUCUMBERS, ZUCCHINI, FLAT LEAF PARSLEY, KALE AND MORE….