TOMATOES (F/P) Holy tomato, Batman! The farm is full of tomatoes of all sizes, colors and flavors. It took us all day plus some to get the harvest in and sorted. We definitely hit a new record at 1,300 + lbs. just today.
MORE TOMATOES (F/P) Everyone will be getting a double share this week. We are holding back many less ripe ones, for future shares. The cave is keeping them nicely. We are giving you ripe ones and many that are two or three days away from being ripe. If you can wait, they are best when they are soft and fleshy.
CHERRY TOMATOES (F/P) If Saturday is any indication, we should have plenty for all.
POTATOES (F/P) It wasn’t an Irish Spring for sure and so we aren’t getting a great potato crop. They are small but very tasty. We will be digging several varieties this week as we clear the highest and driest area first, which includes the French Fingerling, the Bintje and the Kennebec.
CUCUMBERS AND SUMMER SQUASH (F/P) We are handing out small cucumbers this week out of the pickling cucumber patch. They are great for fresh eating too. The summer squash is not producing a lot but we are spreading them out to everyone as best we can.
GARLIC (F/P) Garlic is fully cured and ready for eating. Offered will be more Musik, a hardneck type.
EGGPLANT (F/P) Today we also harvested a big crop of eggplant. We pick them young when they are at their most tender and mild. No need to soak these babies.
SALSA PACK (F/P) Partial shares get a choice with the eggplant.
HERB CHOICE (F/P) Thai basil, thyme, or parsley. Partial shares get a smaller bunch and a smaller garlic.
FARM REPORT
What to say? We are in the thick of summer and barely have time to put this together. The drought continues for us. We missed most of the rain that was all around us on Sunday. For a short while the rain was a very lovely sight.
In the end, one-tenth of an inch is all that fell. We spent some time this weekend to get a close approximation of what water we have. Here I am having a lovely swim to measure the deepest point in the pond.
It reads about 7.5 feet, which from our calculations means about half of the volume of the pond has been used or evaporated. The question then becomes, “Is the pond half-full or half-empty?” We like to stay positive, so are looking ahead to the prospect of possibly pumping water from the old pond that we used in 2003 during our first season on the farm. Hopefully it won’t come to that but we like to have it as an option just the same.
In the midst of all this the planting schedule must be kept and on Monday we transplanted the first of the fall crops.
The cabbage looks good under a thick layer of mulch and with plenty of water. We are hoping to plant all of the fall brassica (cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage) this way into hay mulch to conserve moisture.
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