Thursday June 2
Hello everyone and thank you for joining our 2016 CSA Season! We look forward to supplying you with a season of homestyle organic produce. We will run for 18 weeks which will lead us right into fall allowing you to enjoy some spring, summer and fall garden produce . We have a big summer ahead of us growing for 2 markets and our CSA while slowly building another greenhouse which we plan to have in full production this fall.
Our newsletter will be available to view online Friday evenings or Saturday mornings, we will continue to send out a reminder email with a link to our site www.cheznousfarms.com it is also posted on Chez Nous Farms facebook page.
In your basket this week
1 bag of Kale
1 bag of Mustard Greens
1 bag of Spring Cooking Mix ( spinach, kale buds, bok choy, mustards etc...)
Barese Swiss Chard
Cucumbers
Extra Greens; 1 bag of Kale and extra Cucumbers
We love trying new crops/varieties some work out and others are just ok but this year we found another keeper.... Barese Swiss Chard. It's a small when mature Swiss Chard, fitting in the palm of your hand just like baby Bok Choy. As a spring crop, in this years extra heat, it has outperformed the Bok Choy which ended up bolting as cold weather crops tend to do. We plan to succession plant Barese all summer long so we hope you like it too!
As organic farmers, weeds and pests keep us challenged. With nets we've been able to manage the pest pretty well, as long as we get them set on time (not always the case). However, weeds they're tough and up to now hand weeding is the only solution we had. With only the two of you, that's a lot of weeding and a lot of situations getting out of hand.
This year we've invested in tarps and woven ground cover to get control of the situation. We set tarps over gardens for at least 2 weeks and kill the weeds (which we've already learned still doesn't guarantee a weed free bed!).
We are also using this mulch which is said to last well over 10 years to plant crops.
After a compost top dress, we lay it down and plant right through the hole we have pre-made.
A bulb planter lets me carve out a nice deep hole for my tomatoes.
Planting mayhem ...hot peppers.
I did manage to get in all my tomatoes, peppers and eggplant this week. Last year we grew a plant sale left over area also not sure if we'll get to that this year.
Look at this cutie!
A perfect example of our mulch at work. The kale was planted weeks ago and covered right away. It was uncovered for the first time yesterday and without the mulch it would have been a mess had we not been weeding it.
Before harvest...
After harvest....
See you next week!
Shirley and Rick
Hello everyone and thank you for joining our 2016 CSA Season! We look forward to supplying you with a season of homestyle organic produce. We will run for 18 weeks which will lead us right into fall allowing you to enjoy some spring, summer and fall garden produce . We have a big summer ahead of us growing for 2 markets and our CSA while slowly building another greenhouse which we plan to have in full production this fall.
Our newsletter will be available to view online Friday evenings or Saturday mornings, we will continue to send out a reminder email with a link to our site www.cheznousfarms.com it is also posted on Chez Nous Farms facebook page.
In your basket this week
1 bag of Kale
1 bag of Mustard Greens
1 bag of Spring Cooking Mix ( spinach, kale buds, bok choy, mustards etc...)
Barese Swiss Chard
Cucumbers
Extra Greens; 1 bag of Kale and extra Cucumbers
We love trying new crops/varieties some work out and others are just ok but this year we found another keeper.... Barese Swiss Chard. It's a small when mature Swiss Chard, fitting in the palm of your hand just like baby Bok Choy. As a spring crop, in this years extra heat, it has outperformed the Bok Choy which ended up bolting as cold weather crops tend to do. We plan to succession plant Barese all summer long so we hope you like it too!
As organic farmers, weeds and pests keep us challenged. With nets we've been able to manage the pest pretty well, as long as we get them set on time (not always the case). However, weeds they're tough and up to now hand weeding is the only solution we had. With only the two of you, that's a lot of weeding and a lot of situations getting out of hand.
This year we've invested in tarps and woven ground cover to get control of the situation. We set tarps over gardens for at least 2 weeks and kill the weeds (which we've already learned still doesn't guarantee a weed free bed!).
A bulb planter lets me carve out a nice deep hole for my tomatoes.
Planting mayhem ...hot peppers.
Tomatoes, more sweet peppers and eggplant.
I did manage to get in all my tomatoes, peppers and eggplant this week. Last year we grew a plant sale left over area also not sure if we'll get to that this year.
Look at this cutie!
The greenhouse is also doing great...lots to come!
See you next week!
Shirley and Rick
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