what's new

Greetings,

It rained last night. And again this morning as we got ready for farmer’s market. But that’s it, right? For awhile?

The greenhouse tomatoes are over and we’re picking from the field now. The price is $3/pound to start.

And we’re digging Kennebec potatoes now, a white potato for baking,mashing, and general use.

Squash is behaving very oddly again this week. We’ve only been picking from the second planting for 10 days or so, but the yield has dropped to a small amount. A perfect storm of conditions seems to have rotted one stage of fruit. Hopefully, they’ll rebound when they grow past that. You can order and we’ll hope for the best.

The availability of blueberries is up in the air. They’re out there today, but by Friday?

Enjoy the weather,
Tim

cherry tomatoes

Hello,

The picker of the cherry tomatoes made a valiant effort to fill the orders and picked some a bit under-ripe, so you might want to let some of them sit for a day or two to ripen more.

Also, the squash didn’t ripen much the last couple of days. Sorry for those who were shorted.

Please let me know if you find a math problem or something missing or a quality issue so we can try to make things right.

Thanks for your orders. No rain today!

Tim

Good morning

Greetings,

A sunny day! Not to complain, BUT – for the record we’ve had rain 19 out of the last 26 days here at the farm.I stopped checking the rain guage after 13 inches had fallen awhile ago. Let’s hope the pattern is breaking up.

New this week are Yellow Finn potatoes and hopefully cherry tomatoes, given some sun. Blueberries are slowing down a bit, but still available.

There are still a few greenhouse tomatoes while we await ones from the field.

Thanks, Tim

Once upon a time...

Greetings, Once upon a time there was a fiery orb called the sun whose light and warmth graced the vegetable kingdom and helped plants grow. Has any one seen it or heard rumor of it’s whereabouts?

Greenhouse tomatoes are just about finished and now we await the field tomatoes (sun, please). I’ll still try to fill orders. The second planting of squash and cukes are also awaiting some warmth so their availability, along with broccoli, is uncertain. The other veggies should be plentiful.

Enjoy, Tim

tornado?

Greetings,

Eleven inches of rain since last Sunday, but at least we didn’t suffer a tornado. Wild stuff going on.

New this week are beans, scallions, garlic (we start harvesting today), and maybe broccoli.

I say maybe because it matures quickly in hot weather, slowly in cool and I wouldn’t predict today what might be ready on Friday. You can place an order and see what happens.

Garlic is listed by the pound which is usually five or more bulbs. If you just want one or a few bulbs you can mention that in the comment section and I’ll adjust your total accordingly.

Lettuce has been a big victim of the heavy rain. You can order it and salad mix and I’ll see what I can come up with. Sorry to be vague, but if I comb the plantings I can often find some decent heads, despite the conditions.

Hopefully, August will settle down. Thanks for your orders.

Enjoy, Tim

arugula

Hello,

For those who ordered arugula, you might find it looking less than lively by the time you get it. Although handled in the usual way, it seems all the rain may have actually prevented it from taking up water out in the field and so when I harvested it and placed the bunches in water this morning it didn’t maintain it’s usual vigor.

Or maybe it took up too much water in the field….In any case, I hope you still find it tasty. If it’s a problem please let me know.

Also, some of you might wonder about the small holes that’s in the arugula sometimes. They’re caused by the ever-present and persistent flea beetle that at times gets under the protective row cover we use. There’s no good organic antidote that I’ve ever found, but the holes seem a small price to pay for avoiding a chemical spray. Hopefully you agree.

Thanks for your orders and I hope you enjoy the veggies.

Good to see the sun!

Tim

aqua farming

Greetings,

We’ll be boating out onto the fields this week to dive for vegetables.

We had a gully washer on Monday like I’ve never seen. The fields were saturated from the night before so the rain rose out of the ground and began to flow over the fields in a matter of minutes. The crops seemed to take it okay for the most part, but we had some erosion. Nothing like Iowa, but enough drama for me.

Peppers, both purple and green, and red potatoes are the new additions this week.

I hope people get some sunny vacation time and thanks for your orders.

Enjoy, Tim

blueberries

Hello,

We will be open for u-pick blueberries Wed. to Fri. 8 to 4:30 until the season is over in August. The price is $3/pound.

Picking is rain or shine and the berries are plentiful now.

We can provide pint boxes, but best to bring your own containers.

Tim

What's new

Greetings,

We have a few new veggies this week: carrots, parsley, arugula.

And blueberries have begun. Next week we’ll be open for u-pick berries Wed. to Fri. 8 to 5.

We still have peas, but they’re winding down. Actually, they never really wound up due to the early heat and humidity. Most years they would rather be in England, the Pacific Northwest or Kashmir than in New England.

We’ll start digging red potatoes next week.

When we run out of cousa and golden zucchini we substitute with regular zucchini. I hope that has been all right. If not please let me know in the comment section of your order.

Thanks for your orders and enjoy, Tim

a couple of things

Greetings,

The greenhouse tomatoes are slow in coming this season. I’ll try to fill orders, but can’t promise.

Also, the cousa and golden zucchini had some unidentified creature eating the seeds in the greenhouse. Despite re-planting three times and putting barriers over the flats (which the intruder managed to get through)we came up short on plants. So with these also I can’t be sure of filling orders. We have plenty of regular zucchini.

Hopefully, today will be the last of unsettled weather for a little while and we can get some uninterrupted field work done.

Thanks for your orders.

Enjoy, Tim