Category Archives: What’s @ Market ?

It is truly August. And we just survived one of the hottest weeks I can remember. Needless to say we’ll be out of lettuce for a couple of weeks. It all bolted in the 109 degree weather. Today which was … Continue reading →

I’ve decided most farmers don’t make goo bloggers. Or maybe I should reword that… farmers’ best material comes when they’re in the middle of the field on a sweltering 102 degree day picking beans and they have the eureka moments … Continue reading →

We have a lot of food this week.I  just got in from sorting cukes so I’ll make this to the point. Here’s the bounty in no particular order: Arugula Living Basil Beets Green Beans !!! The first pick! Stir Fry … Continue reading →

We’re quickly moving into July here. Melanie and I saw the first ripening tomato today. This is a good sign. There’s one variety that always has one tomato ripen before all others in the entire collection. Every single year it’s … Continue reading →

These are our cukes growing in the hoophouse. Yum! It really is summer now. I think it could start feeling like it at any moment. We seem to have piles of food this week. We’ve been non-stop busy for, well, … Continue reading →

Our Tomatoes are seriously growing now. Fruit is set on the plants. It’s just a matter of time. Luckily I have my helper to aid me in closing the hoophouse up each night. He’s got the rolling of the plastic … Continue reading →

Someone, who hadn’t seen me in awhile, asked the other day, “So, what ya been up to?” “Not much. Same stuff”, I replied. Which is somewhat true, but then I thought about it and realized, “What haven’t I been up … Continue reading →

We’re in full on “GROW” mode now. The tomatoes are growing, it seems, double every week and the cukes are growing even faster. I love leaving the farm at the end of one day, returning the next, and noticing measurable … Continue reading →

I’ve recovered from the odd congestive cold thing I had and oddly enough no one else in the family caught it. I have definitely been loopy over the past week so hopefully I represented myself as partially sane at market … Continue reading →