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Another powerhouse week. We continued our weeding marathon all week long and made our way through a 2nd pass in hoop 2 and all the carrots and beets look perfect. 2nd passes in the onions and beans and peppers too. Scott is weed wacking the walkways and edges and in his free time tied up the tomato plants on the trellis as they shot right up in the heat and irrigation. Tomatoes are forming and the plants look strong. Best news is……the potato patch walkways are covered and it is 100% weed free! A huge thank you to Cousin John for cultivating the walkways before we came to lay the landscape fabric. 500 staples and a few hours later it looks fabulous. The plants are just starting to flower and I think this is going to be a best ever year for us with potatoes. Fingers crossed.

We transplanted lettuce into hoop 1 after harvest and got looooong rows of broccoli and cabbage out in the garden for a later harvest. More cucumber transplants went in to extend our rotation just as we saw the 1st cucumbers forming on the 1st plants.

A row of late HUGE! german kohlrabi went in for Fall harvest and we are pondering 1 more rotation of edamame.

The pea tragedy continues…this week’s peas are it. They just could not handle the heatwave. They quit flowering and kinda gave up. So we will pull the vines this weekend and the 2nd zucchini patch goes in. It is disappointing but we are grateful for the harvest we had. They are sweet and delicious.

A few zucchini were harvested this morning and I snuck them into a few full shares….hopefully they will kick in next week….and look what else we hope for next week…..

Such a great start to the summer.

CSA #3

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE-HEAD LETTUCE, ASIAN GREENS MIX, KOHLRABI, TOKYO BEKANA, CABBAGE, BROCCOLI, SUGAR SNAP PEAS, ARUGULA

Head Lettuce-This beauty is called Cherokee. LOVE! the color and the crunch of the sweet ribs.

Asian Greens mix-Spicy. Great in fresh salads or lightly saute with garlic scapes.

Kohlrabi-White and green. These are the last of the huge harvest. They will return in Fall.

Tokyo Bekana-The flavor is great in a fresh salad. Just like a fluffy chinese cabbage

Mini Cabbage-Perfect size. 2 in Full Shares 1 in Snack Pack-Delicious sliced and grilled or maybe another coleslaw week.

Broccoli-Side shoots are coming on strong. It takes forever to pick but so worth it.

Peas-Sugar snaps. Eat pod and all. 2 varieties harvested in every share. And as mentioned…this is it for peas this season.

Arugula-A snappy addition to a fresh salad and wilted with a bit of olive oil and a splash of vinegar is delicious as a side.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK. SWISS CHARD, ZUCCHINI, GREEN BEANS, ROMAINE HEAD LETTUCE, GARLIC SCAPES AND MORE…..

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A wonderful week! The watermelon and cantaloupe patches went in. More beets were planted and lettuce rotations too. We snipped all the garlic scapes and weeded like maniacs! A first for us-we made it alllllll the way through the potato patch. Weeded the entire thing-every hole. And next week we will get the walkways covered after they are tilled.

The irrigation runs around the clock and we look to the sky for rain. It is dry but Scott is on top of it and the garden is thriving.

Cucumbers are flowering and the 1st rotation of beans too. Baby zucchini is forming on the plants and maybe next week we will pick our 1st of the season. Blossoms on the eggplant. Exciting to go on our garden walk about in the mornings.

Hoop 2 is almost fully transitioned to beets and carrots! 1 last lettuce rotation we will be harvesting for next week’s share and then it will be allllllll carrots and beets. We LOVE hoop 2.

1 tragedy….the 1st rotation of early sugar snap peas burned up in the heat. Not sure why but they fried. BUT good news is 2 more rotations of different varieties are just about ready….next week sugar snap peas again.

SUMMER SHARE #2

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE-spinach, head lettuce, garlic scapes, carrots, basil plant, bunching onions, kohlrabi, pac choi and chinese cabbage

Spinach-This is the end of spinach until Fall. We held back some from the last harvest last week. Enjoy! A great Spring spinach season for us. Spinach will return in the Fall.

Head Lettuce-A mini beauty this week-great flavor. Our goal is fresh lettuce every week. Hoop 1 is completely dedicated to lettuce rotations now that the last pac choi is harvested.

Garlic Scapes-Our garlic patch planted in the Fall looks great! Big strong stalks. We snipped the scapes. Tastes just like fresh garlic. Use as you would garlic cloves. Lasts forever in the fridge.

Carrots-1st crop of the season! Enjoy. Great flavor growing slow in the cold.

Basil Plant-Genovese variety. If you were in the Spring share this is a different variety. Great for pesto. Transplant into your garden or a BIG! pot and it will thrive.

Onions-Last of these little bunching guys from the hoop house.

Kohlrabi-What a harvest! Perfect and tender. 2 varieties.

Pac choi-Delicious thick juicy stalks. We love it as an added crunch in our fresh salads. And fantastic in a stir fry.

Chinese Cabbage-A great harvest of this mini variety. This is the perfect week to make a fancy coleslaw-the cabbage, carrots onions kohlrabi and garlic scapes.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-HEAD LETTUCE, LEAFY GREENS MIX, MINI CABBAGE, DILL, SUGAR SNAP PEAS, KALE, TOKYO BEKANA, BROCCOLI SIDE SHOOTS, AND MORE….

REMEMBER TO RETURN YOUR SHARE BAGS EACH WEEK…..THANK YOU.

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A great 2 weeks in the garden. Huge plantings of summer crops. All the potatoes went in the sweet potatoes too! We switched sweet potato growers this year due to some disappointments in the past and are we glad we did. HUGE! strong slips and 5 weeks earlier ship date than last year. We are thrilled. The leeks, the onions, the peppers, the tomatoes, the cucumbers, and the summer squash patch were all planted. More bush beans were seeded in and the edamame too. And then a chilly frost warning….So, we covered with miles of row cover and secured the cloth and everything is just fine. Phew! A few peppers were nipped and summer squash leaves but all survived and you can hardly see any effects of the big scare now at all.

We have transitioned hoop 1 to a full lettuce/leafy green house and hoop 2 is all carrots and beets. Both are full with several rotations. Crops are loving this heat! The early bird broccoli sure was a surprise and the peas are 2 weeks ahead of last year.

SUMMER SHARE #1

FULL SHARE

SNACK PACK

SPINACH, HEAD LETTUCE, PEA SHOOTS, BROCCOLI, BUNCHING ONIONS, FENNEL, RADISHES, MINI KALE MIX (FULL ONLY), SUGAR SNAP PEAS (FULL ONLY).

Spinach-We have harvested the end of the spinach. Big thick leaves right before it got soooooooo hot. These are huge sweet leaves that are great slightly wilted with garlic, onions, and olive oil as a side or in sauces or fresh smoothies.

Last harvest of the spinach in hoop 2. We will replant late summer for Fall harvest and winter over crops.

Head Lettuce-Beautiful sweet butterhead. A delicious lettuce for fresh salads.

This week’s lettuce selection on the drying rack after a triple rinse.

Pea shoots-Keep container on the window sill. Snip shoots and add to fresh salads or garnish. Tastes just like peas. These are a 1 and done. Will not keep growing.

Broccoli-WOW! We had no idea that broccoli would be in our very 1st share of the season. It is perfect and sweet. A great harvest. Enjoy!

Hauling broccoli up to the washing station after a very early morning harvest.

Bunching Onions-These little onions are perfect in fresh salads or saute. “Robust” onion flavor.

Morning Onion Harvest in Hoop 2

After harvest we were able to sit in the cool garage and clean all these beauties.

Fennel-Shaved it is wonderful in fresh salads or slaw. Delicious grilled too.

Look off to the lower right….this weeks lettuce a few days out from harvest.

Fennel chilling in the dunk tank after harvest.

Radish Trio-Snappy beauties….I love taking pictures of radishes for some reason….always have.

Kale mix-(full only)-We love these leaves fresh in salads or light saute.

Early morning Kale with dewdrops

And Peas (full only)-HUGE! surprise…. Sweet and delicious. Snap end off and pull the thread-eat pod and all….

We were shocked these early birds were ready. We picked enough for full share this week. TONS! more to come.

BEST GUESS NEXT WEEK-SPINACH, LETTUCE, KOHLRABI, GARLIC SCAPES, PEAS, PAC CHOI, BASIL PLANT AND MORE…..

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