CSA delivery 7/7/2008
In the box this week:
rainbow Swiss chard
"dinosaur" kale
green onions
long red radishes
parsley
It's good that I gave the chard/kale a rest last week and supplemented with that strawberry offering. They grew nicely in those two weeks and I was able to package up larger amounts for you. The onions are starting to develop bulbs so they're getting substantial. I may not let them dry in the fields but offer them as a fresher offering in upcoming weeks.
The beans are in blossom! That means they're be in your boxes within the next two weeks. I didn't plant any "green beans" this year, instead of some "royal burgundy" (purple), "Yellow Roma" (flat, large, and sweet as butter), "Green Roma" and a few weeks behind that a yellow and green mix of French fillet beans (thin, tiny, and delicate).
Kohlrabe is also starting to develop nicely. I'm still fighting the groundhog family for them, I caught one in the patch last night when I got back from the market. I also found a few deer tracks near my snow peas! They head for the good stuff, don't they?
I'm still behind in planting. The weather has been either too dry or too wet. We have to first brush chop the weeds down in the field, plow the field, disc the field, pile up hills, lay plastic/drip tape in the field. . . then plant! This morning we brush chopped until the rains came. I'll be lucky if the water gets hooked up before I get to the planting stage. The last few years I was poking holes in the plastic with my dibble, placing the plant in the hole, watering the hole with a gallon of water (aiming carefully, too large a hole lets the weeds grow through), then squeezing the dirt around the plant's roots. I have a little over 5,000 seedlings to plant. Yes, my back does get a little sore for a few days but my muscles are developing and the winter fat is quickly disappearing. Anyone interested in the Videnovich Farms workout? I may ask for volunteers (generous bonus late veggies in return?) if I get any further behind in weeding.
rainbow Swiss chard
"dinosaur" kale
green onions
long red radishes
parsley
It's good that I gave the chard/kale a rest last week and supplemented with that strawberry offering. They grew nicely in those two weeks and I was able to package up larger amounts for you. The onions are starting to develop bulbs so they're getting substantial. I may not let them dry in the fields but offer them as a fresher offering in upcoming weeks.
The beans are in blossom! That means they're be in your boxes within the next two weeks. I didn't plant any "green beans" this year, instead of some "royal burgundy" (purple), "Yellow Roma" (flat, large, and sweet as butter), "Green Roma" and a few weeks behind that a yellow and green mix of French fillet beans (thin, tiny, and delicate).
Kohlrabe is also starting to develop nicely. I'm still fighting the groundhog family for them, I caught one in the patch last night when I got back from the market. I also found a few deer tracks near my snow peas! They head for the good stuff, don't they?
I'm still behind in planting. The weather has been either too dry or too wet. We have to first brush chop the weeds down in the field, plow the field, disc the field, pile up hills, lay plastic/drip tape in the field. . . then plant! This morning we brush chopped until the rains came. I'll be lucky if the water gets hooked up before I get to the planting stage. The last few years I was poking holes in the plastic with my dibble, placing the plant in the hole, watering the hole with a gallon of water (aiming carefully, too large a hole lets the weeds grow through), then squeezing the dirt around the plant's roots. I have a little over 5,000 seedlings to plant. Yes, my back does get a little sore for a few days but my muscles are developing and the winter fat is quickly disappearing. Anyone interested in the Videnovich Farms workout? I may ask for volunteers (generous bonus late veggies in return?) if I get any further behind in weeding.