Patience Young Grasshopper

Patience Young Grasshopper

I am not sure if it’s the rainy days or the cool Spring, but some of the summer crops are a week or so behind schedule.   It’s an exercise in patience waiting for those green tomatoes, melons and sweet corn to ripen up.   I took a peak at some ears of...
Honey I’m Home

Honey I’m Home

In the share this week… New Potatoes – the last of these for 2017, but a lot more of the storage variety to come including fingerlings! Zucchini – it’s beginning to feel like we hit the jackpot on the zucchini harvest Cucumbers –...
Squish Squash

Squish Squash

In the share for the 1st week of July… Carrots – the variety we grew is called Sugarsnax.  These are living up to their name! Red Beets –  we have two varieties planted.  A traditional red and the heirloom variety chiogga has the red and white...
You Win Some, You Lose Some

You Win Some, You Lose Some

The share this week… New Red Potatoes  – these will be harvested fresh and have very delicate skins.  Store in the fridge! Purplette Onions – petite onions with a mild, sweet taste Escarole – Slightly bitter head of greens.  They can be eaten...

The Longest Day

It’s always hard to believe when it gets here, but this week will mark the longest day and shortest night of the year… the Summer Solstice.  The giant wave of planting is coming to an end for now and we are in the midst of reaping all the rewards of...

Feeling The Heat

The full share for week 4  will look like this: 2 heads of Lettuce – Tango, which is a frilly loose head and Webb’s Wonderful, which is iceberg 1 head of Broccoli – smaller then the Fall crop, but just as tasty Garlic Scapes (take what you can use...