There’s a fresh bed of carrots available, plus the first ripe tomatoes. Generally in outdoor production in NNY tomatoes are available for 6-7 weeks depending on how soon the frost arrives and how well the plants stave off diseases such as late blight. There was good germination on the next succession of carraot aka the planting for the fall, but a poorer outcome for the fall beets. It’s not shaping up to be a strong beet year, as the current planting suffered similar fate.
Stop in for Charlie’s last summer garden shift this Saturday anytime 9am-1pm. The Garden Morning with potlucks are the last Saturday of each month, so the next one is Saturday 8/26.
Thank you Charlie! We know she will be back, but this week marks the close of Charlie’s summer internship. She was a great sport in the gardens with a strong work ethic and passion to learn.
Thank you Charlie! We know she will be back, but this week marks the close of Charlie’s summer internship. She was a great sport in the gardens with a strong work ethic and passion to learn.
GH fit right back in with his weekend visit and the jokes and stories were flying during a productive Saturday morning in the garden. Lots of weeding plus stripping the lower damaged or spotty leaves from the chard and kale. When harvesting these plants, remember to take the largest lowest leaves on the stalk. If the lowest leaf is damaged or discolored, you can cut it off the plant and drop to the ground to help keep the plants in good shape for the next harvester.
Tips & Flavor Notes
- We’ve found scribbles all over share boards in the barn a couple times. Remember to keep an eye on your little ones.
- There’s abundant herbs, the tarragon and rosemary and mint and lemon verbena look amazing. Shareholder Val likes to harvest a several inch long stem and store them on the counter in a glass of water. They last for days, are lovely to behold, and are easy to pluck in readying your next meal.
Good onions!
Onion rings get a bad wrap. The ones available commercially are generally frozen, with an indestructible outer armor to aid in storage and travel. We made them this week with Flip’s family recipe and they had a thin, light coating enveloping the sweet onion inside. The walla walla we are distributing now are perfect for this use! Try ’em out with a 1:1 ratio of flour and nutritional yeast for the coating. Keep your fry oil hot- 350-375 degrees.
Crops Available
This list and availability are subject to change, check the share whiteboard at the start of every visit. If you are unsure about how to harvest: ask us! In person, via text or email.
Cell phone numbers, Flip: 315-854-5399 and Bob 315-854-5395.
*Asterisk marks crops added this week
- Beans
- Bulb fennel
- Carrots*
- Celery stalks
- Chard
- Cucumbers
- Head Lettuce- 2 varieties
- Flowers including Bee Balm, Calendula, Craspedia, Celosia, Cleome, Coreopsis, Cosmos, Daisy, Dill, Echinacea, Feverfew, Gaillardia, Salvia, Snapdragons, Sunflowers, Tithonia, Zinnias
- Kale- 3 varieties
- Onions
- Summer Squash
- Tomatoes*
- Zucchini
Culinary and Medicinal Herbs
- Anise hyssop
- Bee balm
- Basil
- Bronze fennel seeds
- Calendula
- Cilantro
- Dill
- Lemon balm
- Lemon verbena
- Mint
- Oregano
- Parsley
- Rosemary
- Sage
- Tarragon
- Tulsi holy basil
Peace,
-Bob and Flip