This Weeks Veggies
Beans – A mix of yellow and green bush beans.
Beets or Chard
Lettuce – A mixture of Simpson Black Seeded and Cosmo Savoy
Blackberries
Bartlett Pears
Farm Life
Black berry picking this past Sunday was a successful event. Though the turn out was small, the weather cooperated so we all had a good time.
Bery picking season will be over soon. If you would like to schedule a time to pick quantities of berries, let me know. Please be aware though that the berries in the most kid friendly places have already been harvested. The remaining ones will require trudging through a field of chest high, prickly weeds. If you are up to the challenge, please call or e-mail to arrange a convenient time.
A big thank you to my spouse, Sandy, and my Grand daughter, Amber, for all their help with the Berry Pick. With three two year olds in attendance, it was great to have the extra hands. Thank you also to Amber for picking the blackberries, pears and most of the beans in today’s share.
The next farm event will be on Sunday, September 14 in the afternoon. We will be building a compost windrow. Mark your calendar now so you don’t forget.
If you’d like to begin contributing to the compost pile I’d be delighted to accept your kitchen scraps. Just contact me and let me know. I will provide you with a three gallon bucket and lid. Bring your full bucket to your pick up site each week and we will exchange it for an empty one.
In the last few days, we’ve lost several more summer squash plants to the critters. Now the voles and field mice have joined the fray. Seven plants to the critters, 83 to go.
The first of the tomatoes are beginning to color up. Though it will be a while yet before there are enough to include in your share, it is great to see the first ones on the vine. There are over 500 plants in the field so you can be assured of a bounty of tomatoes.
Would you like to be an official tomato tester? The best way to know if tomatoes are ripe is to eat a couple. I am allergic to them so I can’t do that. If you are available to make a trip out to the farm and sample tomatoes, let me know. I will thank you and so will your fellow share holders. If you would like to help out this way, give me a call or e-mail me and we will schedule testing days.
