Farm Happenings
Week of mulching: Mulching is great, it helps keep water and nutrients in the ground, reduces weeds and adds organic matter to the soil. We mulched many crops this week including basil, cucumbers, squash, flowers and more.
Scapes are here! Ready to roll up your sleeves and try scapes in new ways? They will be available for 1-2 weeks, don’t be shy, take a bunch and experiment. They last several weeks in the fridge and the garlic harvest is over a month away. Their mild garlic flavor means you can pack a lot into recipes.
Heat and greens: We are in a drought and working hard to keep the crops watered. When it gets hot, plantings of mixed greens don’t last as long, as their natural reaction is to start seed production, or “bolt”. Often the flavor of the leaves changes as all the energy goes into seed production. A spring planting of spinach could last over a month, in the heat of summer, it’s more short-lived. There are later plantings of all the items currently available in the field, but we we expect a lull coming for head lettuce and spinach.
peas are a flush of blossoms
Crop forecasting: In a couple weeks we will be adding peas, summer squash, zucchini and Chinese cabbage to the harvest list.
Join us in the field any Wednesday evening 5:30-7:30pm or Saturday anytime 8:30am-1pm. It’s a good opportunity to meet others, learn more about how we do things at the farm and get some exercise. All ages and abilities welcome.
Crops Available
If you are unsure about how to harvest: ask us! In person, via text or email. This list is subject to change, check the share whiteboard at the start of every visit.
- Garlic scapes* (bulk amounts available for all! already harvested in share room)
- Basil*
- Kale
- Rainbow chard
- Head lettuce
- Mixed lettuce greens
- Green garlic (full garlic flavor, just not yet full-sized)
- Scallions
- Dill
Herbs and edible flowers add splash of flavor and color to salads.
- Anise hyssop
- Spinach
- Cilantro
- Rhubarb
- Oregano
- Lemon Balm
- Fennel fronds (a flavor blast raw in salads, a little goes a long way)
- Chamomile (cut the flower head to use fresh or dried in teas)
- Sage
