Garden Tour

Oh, what a light misty rain-fall, Oh, what a dark cloud-y day. Would like a bit of sun-shine! Please, please Lord send some our way! I have been singing this in my head all day–perhaps I shall be singing all week?! Gentle rain showers we like with a mix of sunshine to keep the molds and bacteria from presenting problems. And now for a quick tour of our beautiful 2023 garden..

Garden tour with a cup of “green” tea!
Beautiful broccoli in several varieties with subtle differences!
This is our potato “patch” with squash on the far left side.
Head lettuce intermingled with just a few weeds!
Bean fence with healthy plants on both sides.
Tomato plants are all now staked! This is quite a task with no commercial crew!
Our very last wave of joi choi is perfect!!!
Snow peas aka “the farmer’s candy!”

The 2023 Harvest Season is shaping up to be a good one. This is just some of the garden. There are eggplant, cukes, beets, carrots, peppers, summer squash, winter squash, onions . . . and I am sure I am missing some things! Continuous scouting and application of organic inputs at just correct time is keeping the insect population down. Or perhaps it was the heat spell we had earlier? All we know is we have some of the most beautifully perfect greens ever!

Some seasonal cherries tossed into this salad! YUM!!

In the box this week and next you can expect the last joi choi. This will be an exciting surprise for some CSA Members because I thought they were all gone and said as much last week. The crunchy kohlrabi have doubled in size so expect two! You will get perhaps the last of the green and red romaine. This will depend on what the weather does to the last planting. And escarole, endive, lettuce, kale and plenty of broccoli.

Purple and green kohlrabi are great in a salad, as a snack, or sauteed.