After a bitter cold experience last week a lot of garden cleanup was needed. That continues this week – although the weather guesser claims there will be a lot of rain Wednesday – Thursday, so well what gets cleaned up moves into the greenhouse. Obviously, those items that seemed to persist longer than usual are… Continue reading Extended Season Week 2 of 4
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The Extended Season is underway! week 1 of 4.
And so, here we go. The corn, beans and flowers are no longer available. While expected, it is a sad day when that happens. It is, of course, vaguely possible that the hard freeze the weather guesser is laying out towards the end of this week will not really hit till Friday night/Saturday morning and… Continue reading The Extended Season is underway! week 1 of 4.
Finale of Main Season – week 20
Wow – the end of main season has come upon us… Which brings to mind “If you are continuing and were paying seasonally now would be a good time to think about $ending $ome cash… Okay, that is done time to move on. On Tuesday the pick for one of are farm call folks was… Continue reading Finale of Main Season – week 20
Week 19 – one more week of main season!
October – one more week of the main season, four weeks of extended and the garden deliveries for 2023 are all done. What an interesting year, but it is too soon to wax nostalgic about it – there are still a lot of squash to deliver. Here at Shilofarm the ‘test kitchen’ just did a… Continue reading Week 19 – one more week of main season!
CSA Monthly for October
Here we all are at the end of the main season – all the crops are at end of cycle, although there is some new lettuce starts to carry forward into the end of the extended season. The good things for the Extended season are really going to be good – in most prior years… Continue reading CSA Monthly for October
Week 16 has come upon us… four more after this!
Corn. The corn this year has finally reached the point where it is officially ripe – the Shilofarm Corn Test Team (Doug) successfully enjoyed fresh sweet corn… by the way – the smart farm people on line claim that the longer after it is picked the less wonderful it tastes. The corn tested here sat… Continue reading Week 16 has come upon us… four more after this!
the 15th Week of Main Season!
The surprise of the week was an accidental delivery of a winter squash. There is a feedback report due that tells how it tastes – Perhaps a text message should be sent to get information. It is a tiny squash – Gill’s Golden Pippen… and there are more of them thinking about being ripe. Sorta.… Continue reading the 15th Week of Main Season!
Week 14 of the main season
This is a fun time for the CSA because so many summer crops are in season – the main lagging veggie is the sweet corn – which does seem to be valiantly striving to ripen: The best guess is that there might be some young ears next week – the silk on the faster growers… Continue reading Week 14 of the main season
September Monthly Update
September is a transition month here at the garden – the slow crops (corn, winter squash and melons) are showing signs of being ready, and the earlier summer crops are closing up shop for the season. A fine bean crop is about 3/4 done, for example. The slicer tomato crop this year is smaller that… Continue reading September Monthly Update
Week… uh, 13! my how time flies!
Idling away on the computer when all at once… Hey! Time for the in-the-box post! So here’s the “in the box” post for week 13. Generally, this is a great time of the year for the garden. The only thing really yet to come is Sweet Corn – and there are a lot of very… Continue reading Week… uh, 13! my how time flies!