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What’s at Market? Week of May 26th

May 26th, 2008 Posted in General Randomness

We had a cool little friend hang out with us on our backporch yesterday. We named him Fred.

Nice little guy. Slept all day. Around 9:30 he woke up, started to clean himself, and then flew out the back door. We really like having the bats around the farm. They take care of eating lots of bugs.

We also went for a walk in the woods. Well, Demian slept, but it was nice. Came across this flower all through the walk.

And today we harvested. I was especially enjoying cutting the cilantro. It’s big enough right now that I can cut it in one motion and bunch it quickly. I love it when it’s big like that.

We have a lot of great food again this week. Even a few strawberries. Poor plants have been very confused by all the weather shifts going on.

Here’s what we’ll have at market:

  • Arugula
  • Braising Mix
  • Chard
  • Cilantro
  • Collards
  • Italian Kale
  • Green Curled Kale
  • Green Butterhead Lettuce
  • Red Butterhead Lettuce
  • Green Leaf Lettuce
  • Red Leaf Lettuce
  • Green Romaine
  • Red Romaine (This one’s really cool! It’s a variety called Outredgeous developed by an Oregon seed grower, Frank Morton)
  • Red Oak Leaf
  • Walla Walla Sweet Onions! Oh, so sweet…
  • Italian Parsley
  • Strawberries
  • Radishes
  • Salad Mix
  • Spinach
  • Salad Turnips
  • Red Turnips
  • Purple Top Turnips

  1. 2 Responses to “What’s at Market? Week of May 26th”

  2. By Sharry on May 27, 2008

    I’ve been thinking, too, that plants must be stressed over these wild temperature swings.

    See you at the market.

    Blessings,
    Sharry

  3. By thejesse on Jun 9, 2008

    You should look into building some bat houses.

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