Farm Happenings
We enjoyed our first visitors of the summer. A longtime friend of Bob’s camped with her family at the farm for a couple nights. We tucked in many classic activities including campfires, bike rides, a paddle, green beans slathered in butter. Friends are a great reminder to pick up our heads and drink in the scene. As August rolls into view, we realize there is massive unsureness on many household fronts that bring anxiety and a neverending stream of question marks. littleGrasse won’t claim to be a cure all, but as the flurry sets in, we hope that the farm fields can provide a place to get a lungful of fresh air along with your share of produce. Your are in our thoughts and we recognize the unique patchwork of challenges that each household is facing.
summer broc!
Crop report: There’s much good growth and the following crops look promising: tomatoes, peppers, fall carrots, winter squash, edamame, beans plantings. The crops that were most affected by the drought are the first planting of potatoes (of 2) and the onions. We’ll harvest both, but the yield may be lower than in years past. It’s too early to say how large the fall cabbage and broccoli heads will be, but the plants are growing well. It’s still warm for spinach, but we will seed a couple plantings in the coming weeks for a fall harvest, along with the mixed greens and lettuces.
Join us in the gardens any Wednesday 5:30-7:30pm or Saturday 9am-1pm.
Tips for Success
- Build your preservation skills. This farm loves everything from hot
Join Flip’s class if you’d like to gain confidence with vegetable fermentation.
sauce to pickles to sauerkraut, and we make them all using the flexible, nutrient packed preservation technique called lacto ferentation. If you want to dip your toes into this method, register for the online class Flip is teaching this Tuesday, Fun with Fermentation: Vegetable Transformation.
- Do you every capture good photos from farm-to-table? If yes, and you are posting about it, link, @littlegrassefoodworks on FB. If posting online isn’t your style that’s understandable, we enjoy seeing the pics in texts or emails too! Thanks for sharing your farm experience with us.
Crops Available
- Beans*
- Carrots* (This early planting did mediocre, there are two later, larger plantings.)
- Cucumbers* (In red cooler on table)
- Broccoli (In barn fridge. After the main heads are harvested, the plants produce tender mini heads, called side shoots, which you will enjoy in the coming weeks as a you pick crop.)
- The cutting flowers! (Varieties will come and go over the next 3 months.
Collette and Wyatt digging the blooms.
Currently blooming: snapdragons, sunflowers, zinnias, celosia, yarrow, calendula, cosmos, statice, false sunflower, strawflower, millet, bee balm, hyssop, drumstick flower)
- Chard
- Mixed lettuce greens
- Summer squash and zucchini (In fridge)
- Spicy mixed greens
- Kale (3 varieties)
- Anise hyssop
- Bee Balm (used medicinally and for bouquets)
- Calendula (used medicinally and for bouquets)
- Chamomile
- Cilantro
- Dill
- Green or purple basil
- Lavender
- Lemon Balm
- Mint
- Oregano
- Parsley
- Sage
- Tulsi or Holy basil (amazing flavor for tea)
- Yarrow (used medicinally and for bouquets)
Onward,
Flip & Bob