PURPLE VIKING POTATOES Expect a good amount of potatoes for awhile. Thanks to the CSA we got the last of them out Labor Day weekend. Here's to Labor!
RED ONIONS A nice mix of varieties.
SWEET PEPPERS They are ripening slower now with the cool temperatures. 46 degrees F is the forecast for tonight. Brrr!
CUCUMBER OR SQUASH Last of the season we think.
ROSEMARY One beautiful bush in the corner of the high tunnel is growing gangbusters!
IN TWO WEEKS: Potatoes, garlic, carrots, greens, maybe radishes.
FARM REPORT:
The natural world has been center stage on the farm for the better part of the summer. The double rainbow/solar eclipse juggernaut continues. Everywhere we turn there is some creature that is beautifully unique and intricately working on it's task at hand. Gathering food from the fields is our work whether winged or on foot.
a blue-winged digger wasp on the garlic chives
The wild patch of sunflowers provide a tall offering of pollen and nectar.
Meanwhile on land others hunt live prey.
Praying mantis
This is not even including the large pileated woodpecker who has been in the trees surrounding our field for the past few weeks. It's the size of a crow and just as loud. Back on land the Monarch caterpillars are on the vining milkweed and growing nicely. Hopefully cold weather holds off long enough for all of the farm's harvesters to finish their work.
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