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Ailsa Craig onions and order deadline
Greetings,
A note about the ordering deadline:
ORDERS HAVE TO BE IN BY 8:00 THURSDAY MORNING
We all forget stuff and I like to give people some leeway, but things get complicated for us if the orders aren’t in on time. Here’s why:
At 8:00 Thursday morning I print out the list of what to harvest and we head out to the field. We harvest all morning and sometimes for part of the afternoon. If there’s time, we do field work. I finish up harvesting Friday morning and put the orders together in the afternoon. If orders come in late and we don’t see them until lunchtime or later on Thursday then keeping track of what and how much to harvest gets complicated and more time-consuming.
So, if your order comes in late it will likely be cancelled. Circumstances may allow us to fill it, but that can’t be counted on.
Meanwhile, Ailsa Craig onions are starting to size up and field tomatoes are beginning to ripen. We have an heirloom variety you can read about in the market section. We have a few cherry tomatoes from the field as well.
The price of greenhouse tomatoes are now $3/lb., same as the field-grown ones.
We’re kind of limping along with the first planting of cucumbers. A new planting is on the way!
If you would like some beans ask for them in the comment section. We have a 100 foot row of pole beans, but I think production will be too erratic
to list them on the website. If we have some they’ll be $3.00/lb. and I’ll debit your account.
They’re a long, slender variety called Fortex.
If you have any questions or comments, let me know.
Enjoy,
Tim