October 22
This week's mission was garlic. When we saw days of rain coming we knew our time was limited because once the beds get saturated in the fall they almost never dry up and that makes it hard if not impossible to work the beds. We grow 2 full gardens of garlic and one was still home to the tomato field which is quite a job to clean up. By Wednesday night the garden was cleaned and prepped and then luckily covered with a giant tarp just on time to keep out the rain. These tarps have been extremely useful on the farm and for the time being they will keep these spots workable until all our garlic is planted. We are planting 3 varieties Music, Siberian and Northern Quebec. Northern Quebec is a variety we began with but almost lost and this summer none was for sale as we were rebuilding our seed stock. We'll be happy to be able to offer this beautiful large porcelain garlic again next year.
In your baskets this week:
Cherry Tomatoes
Chez Nous Salad Mix
Flower Sprout Leaves
Anaheim peppers (med heat)
Sweet Peppers
Extra Greens: Chez Nous Salad Mix and Flower Sprouts
As the weeks go by the baskets will get greener and greener. This week is the last of the cherry tomatoes from the greenhouse and today they are replaced with winter spinach. Enjoy!
Flower Sprout leaves which are very similar to Kale Leaves but thicker can be steamed for about 15 min when they become tender and are ready for a scoop of butter and some smoked ham or whatever you'd like. My lunch for the last 2 days.
Anaheim peppers for the most part are pretty mild but every so often you hit a hot spot I'm assuming the seeds or membranes. I roasted a large batch to freeze for winter use. There is a lot of peppers this year and if your having a hard time keeping up i suggest freezing them.
Thanks
Have a great week!
Shirley
This week's mission was garlic. When we saw days of rain coming we knew our time was limited because once the beds get saturated in the fall they almost never dry up and that makes it hard if not impossible to work the beds. We grow 2 full gardens of garlic and one was still home to the tomato field which is quite a job to clean up. By Wednesday night the garden was cleaned and prepped and then luckily covered with a giant tarp just on time to keep out the rain. These tarps have been extremely useful on the farm and for the time being they will keep these spots workable until all our garlic is planted. We are planting 3 varieties Music, Siberian and Northern Quebec. Northern Quebec is a variety we began with but almost lost and this summer none was for sale as we were rebuilding our seed stock. We'll be happy to be able to offer this beautiful large porcelain garlic again next year.
In your baskets this week:
Cherry Tomatoes
Chez Nous Salad Mix
Flower Sprout Leaves
Anaheim peppers (med heat)
Sweet Peppers
Extra Greens: Chez Nous Salad Mix and Flower Sprouts
As the weeks go by the baskets will get greener and greener. This week is the last of the cherry tomatoes from the greenhouse and today they are replaced with winter spinach. Enjoy!
Flower Sprout leaves which are very similar to Kale Leaves but thicker can be steamed for about 15 min when they become tender and are ready for a scoop of butter and some smoked ham or whatever you'd like. My lunch for the last 2 days.
Anaheim peppers for the most part are pretty mild but every so often you hit a hot spot I'm assuming the seeds or membranes. I roasted a large batch to freeze for winter use. There is a lot of peppers this year and if your having a hard time keeping up i suggest freezing them.
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| Mesclun can be found here and there on the farm. |
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| Hoping to harvest some radishes this week. |
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| Flower Sprouts from a large majestic plant to an awkward stump of developping flowers. |
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| The field |
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| Arugula |
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| Mustards and Kales coming your way! |
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| More greens growing along well with the grass carpet. If it were summer we'd make sure to weed those paths but at this point the beds are very wet. |
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| A future garlic bed. |
Thanks
Have a great week!
Shirley
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