Week 2 In the Box

There seems to be a routine built around having an inch or two of rain the last half of each week – frantically weeding, mowing, planting on Monday and Tuesday, pick and deliver on Wednesday, watch it rain on Thursday – pick and deliver in the rain on Friday, and then the farm call people… Continue reading Week 2 In the Box

Main Season Week 1

Week 1 of the main season is here – and the garden enjoyed a couple of days that are close to what Spring was supposed to be back around April 15. You may get tired of hearing this, but it seriously impacted “The Plan,” up to and including not even planting some of the high… Continue reading Main Season Week 1

Week 8

Well, this is a wrap for Green Season – one of the most challenging ever. You have all heard the continuing narrative from here about the long delay to a real Spring; the impact continues to be rolled in to plans and what comes next. The challenge in any farming/gardening is to have the flexibility… Continue reading Week 8

Week 6 of Green Season

Another week, another frost. Granted, this just barely was a frost, plants were mildly touched – summer squash was probably hurt the most, but the potatoes were very much not at all happy. Other than those two, the rest of the frost sensitive plants were safely tucked in the greenhouse. That, in itself is of… Continue reading Week 6 of Green Season

Shilofarm May Monthly

April has come and gone, here we are in May – and still having more than expected weather that challenges the garden. The Green Season members are getting that news weekly – in particular with the delayed maturation of outside planted crops. It seems that once or twice a week there is enough dry to… Continue reading Shilofarm May Monthly

Green Season Week 5

First, it is annoying to the box packer to have a nicely filled box which wilts in 10 minutes to become a half-empty looking box. The emotional response is that the CSA is short of good stuff. The main culprits include the Chard and the Mustard – although the Bibb lettuce in the box last… Continue reading Green Season Week 5

Green Week 4

Here we are at week 4, the first half of Green Season ends this week; next week the lettuce, at least, will be from the outside garden! The big help for that outside lettuce was to put a floating crop cover over it. The lettuce, the snap peas and the cabbage (all outside) are safely… Continue reading Green Week 4

Green Week 3

It should come as no surprise to you that this is more winter than spring. The consequences for the CSA are all rather distressing – the rate of growth drops, the outside beds are too wet to till, plants that should be set out are lingering in the trays. Perhaps the most annoying is that… Continue reading Green Week 3

Green Week 2

This week is why new plants are still in the greenhouse- very cold and snowy weather is happening. The greenhouse is so very important to the early season, and even for the first part of main season as new plants are started and grown out for a 4–6-week window. Unfortunately, or perhaps factually, the first… Continue reading Green Week 2