![]() ![]() Thanks to everyone who has joined our CSA for 2011. And the sun comes out and shines, on and on. We may be a trickle right now - less than 1% of the food supply - but we will grow and they will try to fight us īut I don't think they'll win. I am humbled by every check that we receive. But it's not so easy to join a CSA and just get a bag of vegetables each week and figure out what to do with them all. Gosh, it's so easy to just walk in to any grocery store and buy anything.any vegetable.any time. Those little white tendrils of roots laying in the sun to dry out. Then it's easy to take the Williams Tool System (yes, there is always a defining system) and cull those little things. The only time to defeat them is in the beginning. And then it's impossible to overcome them. I think we all know what Monsanto is about or we wouldn't be doing what we are owing vegetables or joining a CSA. I'd recommend a great documentary but it's just too depressing. Just when you think it's done, the sun comes out and shines, on and on. We can get more dairy products, including milk, ricotta cheese, sour cream, goats milk, hard cheese and many different cuts of meat). Just let us know what you would like more of. (Note: We have limited quantities of items but can easily order more. Local organic flour – wheat, pastry & spelt We will also have local Jersey lettuce for sale, horseradish and extra rhubarb. ![]() Red, white & yellow scallions (early onions)įall harvest potatoes (from the root cellar)įall harvest onions (from the root cellar) And despite our unenlightened decisions (how could any sane person think it’s a good idea to split atoms with radioactive by product lasting thousands of years just to boil water?), Mother Nature still spins our globe and the seasons come and the seeds sprout. As Lauren said, “This is the first year we’ve had to plant in mud.” But despite the crazy weather (and it’s far worse in other parts of the country), we’ve still been able to get the seeds firmly in the ground. Unless you’ve had your eyes glued to the internet trying to glean the truth about Fuk-us-hima (hima means a system of environmental protection in Islam) – I think our Mother of Nature has a very wicked sense of humor! – you may have noticed that we are having a very cool, wet spring. The first CSA pickup is here! In December when we are figuring out the first pickup date, May 24 seemed so reasonable. As one farmer told me in the beginning, “If you can get your seeds in the ground and not have too many weeds, bugs or diseases, you’ll be fine.” (It sounded so easy!) Then it’s just a matter of making sure the bug pressure is not too much and no diseases are taking hold. As their leaves grow, their shade prevents new weeds from sprouting. They are big enough and sturdy enough to out compete the weeds. Then by the middle of June, most of the plants are coming along. If it happens to rain a lot (like the week before last) and it’s impossible to get in and cultivate with the tractor, then the weeds take root and the only way to get rid of them is getting on your hands and knees. tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, herbs, tomatillos, okra (not that many people like okra but it is a pretty plant with a beautiful flower), the long season crops (pumpkins, winter squash, popcorn, Brussels sprouts and sunflowers) need to get in time to ripen before the first frost (yes, we’re already counting the days until then) and all the early-planted crops need to be tended (the onions need to be weeded, the potatoes need to be hilled, the garlic needs to be hoed and the little sprouts of kale, Swiss chard, mustard greens, beets, bok choy, broccoli raab and carrots need to be cultivated (a fancy word for weeding) and cultivated and cultivated. This is the time that all the transplants are ready to go into the fields, i.e. The busiest three weeks of the season are from the third week of May until the middle of June. It’s more of a reminder that time is running short to get so many more seeds planted. ![]() Memorial Day is not a holiday that is celebrated when farming. We hope everyone enjoyed the first burst of summer! Nothing like going from wearing a coat one Sunday to dripping and stripping in the fields the next. ![]()
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