Greetings from the garden… The big projects this week include setting out (more) veggies like lettuce, broccoli and cauliflower as well as pulling up the damaged Snapdragons. After a bit of research, the excess heat is the probable cause of their demise. This is also why baby potatoes are your lot in life. The worry… Continue reading Week 11 in-the-box
Author: Doug
--- 'farmer doug' is the planner and heavy lifter for the CSA and the LLC. Loves to teach; "ask him the time, he'll tell you how to make a clock." Always has a new idea to try, some of which work. BTW - if you try and phone call, and you are NOT in his caller ID you will not be answered - just leave a message and you will be called right back.
Week 10 in-the-box
Mid-season— This is the week 10 of the 20 week main season – the garden shifts from mostly planting to mostly caring for the crops. Some of the beds are getting empty; new crops continue to rotate through the short-cycle (Lettuce, Cabbage) beds, and the fall planting is underway. Corn and beans are getting ready… Continue reading Week 10 in-the-box
Week 9 in-the-box
So close… the peppers are so close, and there are young eggplant also so close… What is here now are plums to add to the fruit part of the box. There are as well lots of Tomatoes to pick, and more Boysenberries and Raspberries. One of the members has their own Raspberries and asked for… Continue reading Week 9 in-the-box
Week 8 In-the-box
A busy week – setting out plants, thinning carrots, pulling garlic to dry… and finding out that deer are patrolling the garden fence to see if the gate is left open. The consequences of the ‘heat storm’ on the garden are pretty well determined now, and on with the summer. The best part of a… Continue reading Week 8 In-the-box
Week 7 In the box
Hi all! This is exciting – lots and lots of Tomatoes turning ripe; and a few hook neck summer squash with size! This does bring up a question for you to reply (or not): how many xxx do you want in your box? xxx – could be: Cherry Tomatoes – default is a pint till.… Continue reading Week 7 In the box
July Monthly Update
Hi! Fun time in the garden – the next four – eight weeks have a large number of the warm season crops come in. There are a large number of cherry tomato varieties that are on the vines as this is written, as well as some of the bell peppers and some Cozumel (mild) hot… Continue reading July Monthly Update
Week 6 in-the-box
Whoa – that was hot. Really really hot. It looks like most of the garden made it through the apocalyptic heat – lots of careful watering. The major concern is the potatoes – there are lots and lots of yellow and even brown vines on them; lettuces came out well; berries are a little startled… Continue reading Week 6 in-the-box
Week 5 in-the-box
Summa Wethua… This is good for the garden; warm makes things grow and get ripe much faster than cold and rainy. The cool thing for this week is there ought to be at least one tomato for everyone – the trickle before the flood. Mostly there are cherry tomatoes of a couple different varieties; that… Continue reading Week 5 in-the-box
Week 4
Wow – what a truly wet last three days. There must have been 4 inches of rain here at the farm, and fairly warm at that. Weeds and crops all really jumped ahead; today was a weeding day before the afternoon series of downpours hit. Starting Wednesday things will warm up and dry out somewhat,… Continue reading Week 4
June Monthly Update
June has come (well, it actually has been here for a week now) and it is time for the semi-famous Shilofarm CSA Monthly Update – Tada! The Main season is in the third week; some of the garden crops are now starting to show up in the boxes, but not all, not yet. The plan… Continue reading June Monthly Update