First Harvest of the Season

Sugar Snap Pea Flower

This Week’s Harvest

Fennel

Rainbow Chard

Sweet Peas

Kohlrabi

Baby Spinach

How wonderful it is to be harvesting again!

The peas are fabulous.  I think I eat about half of what I harvest before I even get out of the field house.  The kohlrabi are perfect pale green  globes.  The Rainbow Chard is a burst of color.  The spinach is just right for salad.

Farm News

The farm is quite busy right now.  We are hard at work adding refrigeration to the cooler.  As you may know, we assembled the panels for the walk in cooler  two months ago.  Since then, we have added new circuit breakers to the electrical panel.  Now that there is power, we can install the refrigeration equipment.  This should be completed within the week.

At the same time, we have been working on the irrigation system.  The fields that were farmed last year are mostly done.   The new fields still remain.

Last year, I ordered irrigation equipment from vendors that I worked with when I farmed in CA.   This year I made a commitment to find a local vendor.  This proved to be more difficult than I thought because drip irrigation systems are not as common here.  A chance discussion with a farming colleague at the Farmer’s Market led me to a vendor in St. Paul, OR.  I spoke to the vendor on the phone Monday morning and my equipment began arriving today.  Halleluiah.   Now I can get water to the plants in the new field.

Don’t forget.  The first batch of chickens will go to the butchers early next week.  If you would like to order some, please let me know.