Greens, Flowers, and Brassicas
Harvesting greens: Arugula, Baby Kale, Spinach, and Lettuce Mix, has been primarily moved to the Oxbow where 3 different successions are growing. With the heat and humidity they have grown quickly. Arugula takes about 21 days to go from planting to harvest, however the grow back has been spotty, so we get just one high quality east harvest. A second harvest takes a bit of work to sort out the bad leaves, bug damage, etc. Spinach takes the longest usually resulting in a harvest about 30-35 days after planting. As we move into the Fall (yes we know summer is still here, however at the farm we are thinking about the fall already!) and the daylight hours decrease, the time to harvest will increase and we will begin to bulk up the amount of spinach we are planting. The spinach tends to quickly bolt in the heat of the summer.
The newest succession of greens are coming up in Garden 5. After the first outside succession of spinach in the spring, these beds were mowed and then covered with a sileage tarp. The sileage tarp heats the soil up and breaks down the mowed greens, it also provides a good environment for weed seeds to germinate but then perish under the tarp without sunlight. After about 4-ish weeks we uncover the beds, gently rake and in this case plant arugula, lettuce mix, and spinach. After planting we put the tarp On again for 48 hours to ensure even germination. Once the season gets going, greens are planted, harvested, and beds turned over weekly.
Below Sam mowed lettuce further up in Garden 5 this week before covering.
PYO flowers have opened up for the season. We are excited to see buds turn to blooms and the variety of beautiful flowers and colors coming up. If you haven’t taken a walk by the s since the PYO peas, go for it, take a walk around and see the changes.
We turned the sugar snap pea beds over to fall Salanova head lettuce and the 2 beds of carrots you enjoyed over by the asparagus are now an oats and peas cover crop.
Pickup
Come anytime between 3 pm and 6 pm to choose your share on the day you chose when you signed up, so either Monday or Thursday.
Please bring your own bags or box to gather your choices.
If you signed up for an add-on, don’t forget to pickup your Coffee, Flowers, Eggs, and Pork sausage.
Remember to contact us in advance if you will be unable to pick up on Thursday, so that we can store your share in our walk-in refrigerator to keep it fresh. You can email or call us to let us know. Thank you to all of those who have already arranged another time to pickup!
Here's what you will find in this weeks share:
Everyone gets to take 1 bunch of Kale
Full shares receive an additional 11 choices and
Small shares receive an additional 7 choices.
Please use the tally sheets to keep track of the number of choices you are taking at pickup. We want to make sure you receive all 8 choices if you are a small share and 12 choices if you are a large share!
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Your Farmer, Sam (For Tim, Mikaela, Jeannie, Jim, Evrald, Shawn, Jav, Jeb, Colin, Jaime, Wyatt, Ani, Sophie, and Jess)
