What’s at Market? Week of August 2nd
Monday, August 3rd, 2009 Posted in What's @ Market ? | No Comments »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 ...
What’s at Market? Week of July 19th
Monday, July 20th, 2009 Posted in What's @ Market ? | 3 Comments »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 ...
What’s at Market? Week of July 12th
Monday, July 13th, 2009 Posted in What's @ Market ? | 1 Comment »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 Mix Broccoli Cabbage Carrots Chard Cilantro Collards Cukes Garlic- Spanish Roja is the ...
What’s at Market? Week of June 28th
Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in What's @ Market ? | No Comments »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 ...
What’s at Market? Week of June 21st
Monday, June 22nd, 2009 Posted in What's @ Market ? | No Comments »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, awhile ...
What’s at Market? Week of June 14th
Monday, June 15th, 2009 Posted in What's @ Market ? | 1 Comment »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 down... We've had ...
What’s at Market? Week of June 7th
Monday, June 8th, 2009 Posted in What's @ Market ? | No Comments »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 to?" Things ...
What’s at Market? Week of June 1st
Monday, June 1st, 2009 Posted in Recipes, What's @ Market ? | No Comments »Today (Monday) was a day of interesting and exciting times. First, uncovering our row cover that was shrouding our winter squash and summer squash from cucumber beetles, we discovered a interesting carpet of weeds. Ah yes. the cover encourages growth ...
What’s at Market? Week of May 24th
Monday, May 25th, 2009 Posted in What's @ Market ? | 2 Comments »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 ...
What’s at Market? Week of May 17th
Monday, May 18th, 2009 Posted in What's @ Market ? | No Comments »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 ...
