This Week’s Harvest
Salad Mix
Radishes
Head Lettuce
Farm News
I’m going to cut to the chase– we are so excited about our spring offerings! So far all of our early season crops are working out wonderfully. Everything was planted on time (so the transplants never got root bound or experienced transplant shock and therefore just kept right on growing), weeded on time (so they were able to continue growing uninhibited), side dressed on time (given an extra dose of organic fertilizer), and thrived in good weather. This cooler weather is perfect for the lettuces and snap peas and other crops that like to mature before the heat of summer. All this is leading to easy harvests and gorgeous produce!
I’m going to go ahead and allow myself to be excited because the feeling won’t last–we will most certainly have crop failures from disease or just not having the time to properly take care of things. And the pressure is definitely mounting. This weekend Ben was holed up in the garage fixing our cultivating tractor (for the THIRD time this season!) and the weeds sure don’t wait for him to be ready.
The tractor’s clutch got fixed by Sunday night (Ben is my hero) but with the rain that followed we couldn’t jump on the tractor and cultivate right way. This is a tough feeling when we had been out of the fields for the repair for 3 days. It looks like we’ll get a couple field days in this week to hopefully get us back on track! After all, at the same time that we are harvesting for you today, we need to be planting and weeding for you for next month!
Recipes
Sugar Snap Peas and Scallions with Coddled Lettuce
Roasted Beet and Arugula Panini
Kale and Beet Salad with Farro
Coming Up Next Week (Our Best Guess….) Snap Peas, Spinach, Parsley, Garlic Scapes, Kohlrabi, Golden Beets and more!
I just got done putting away all my goods and they are look divine! Can’t wait to dig in. Thanks for all your hard work!
Ugh. They look divine, not they are look divine.