Crop updates: We’ve marked the first chinese cabbage, bok choy and hakurei turnips. Soon the potatoes will be available, the first winter squash as well as the daikon radish. With our wet August, we had issues with the fresh onions not being able to dry down correctly. As a result, you likely noticed soft spots Continue reading
Crop updates: The tomato crop is still coming in strong. There’s abundant beans, and now is a great time to make pesto and other basil items. We harvested the first round of potatoes which will be available within the week. The yield was lighter than we would have liked but there’s many good spuds in Continue reading
Crop updates: The tomato harvest is starting to pick up with these sunny days. There’s a great new patch of butterhead head lettuce marked in the front range field. Soon the edamame green soy will be available and also a new bed of beans. This zucchini planting is waning and will stop producing soon. We Continue reading
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 Continue reading
Last weekend marked our least rainy Garden Morning and potluck in three months! The jolly group harvested a couple thousand German Extra Hardy garlic as well as cleaning up in the flower beds, weeding fall carrots and harvesting cucumbers and zucchini. We welcomed new shareholders along with a handful of St. Lawrence students. There’s a Continue reading
Farm & Garden Updates Crop Updates: We are starting to offer sweet Walla Walla onions this week, which grew well and have a delicious, mild flavor. You’ll see them starting to trickle into the barn. There’s also a new crop of the compact head lettuce Monte Carlo. Another crop of beans will be ready shortly. Continue reading
Farm & Garden Updates Yesterday we finished harvesting the eclectic and expansive Garlics of the World showcase plot. The diversity covers nearly all the continents. In the production fields in Dutchess, it’s shaping up to be an excellent garlic harvest too. Plan to pick up your bulk amount in the next week once we begin Continue reading
An opportunity to live next to littleGrasse! If you or someone you know is interested in renting the white “farmhouse” next to our place, it’s available after August 1st. In addition to the two bedroom, two bath and garage, the household is 1 mile from Canton village/campuses plus convenient access to Taylor Park, our trail Continue reading