What's happening around the farm.
Posted in CSA on Sep 9th, 2010
I forgot – we have cauliflower this week. It all seems to be coming at once, so if you like cauliflower, this is the week for it. It has not been popular in the past so I didn’t plant a lot of it. And after telling you about our broccoli that has large beads, I [...]
Posted in CSA on Sep 8th, 2010
We are still bone dry. I hear there has been good rain all around us, but we are in a rain shadow. This is nice in wet years. New this week is beets. Lots of beets. You will be seeing beets for the next six weeks. Let’s try to make this “blog” work like a [...]
Posted in CSA on Sep 1st, 2010
Whew!!! The heat has put a real crimp in field work. I had planned to have new potatoes for you this week, but that may not happen. I do expect to get down to harvesting about 6 a.m., starting with chard, kale, and lettuce (that has been under constant irrigation trying to keep it sweet). [...]
Posted in CSA on Aug 25th, 2010
The beets are growing beautifully. We will pull some small and medium ones, thinning the stand so the remaining ones will grow larger. The greens look good. Fennel will be harvested. I have been waiting for the bulbs to plump, but they aren’t and the wonderful foliage is browning at the tips so we’ll take [...]
Posted in CSA on Aug 18th, 2010
Lettuce this week!! I have been trialing some lettuces that are supposed to do OK in the heat, and they look nice. Different texture than my cool weather lettuces. They are called “crispheads”, and are half way between my buttery tender cool weather lettuces and iceberg. PYO snap beans this week. We will pick some [...]
Posted in CSA on Aug 1st, 2010
Look over to the right navigation bar, in the Pages list. I am toying with rearranging information, and adding more recipes. There are two new pages – Broccoli and Summer Squash and Zucchini. If you like this, I will make a listing of the things we grow and a similar description with recipes. And for [...]
Posted in CSA on Jul 29th, 2010
It is hard to realize the summer is moving by so quickly. I can see it in the field though. I see rows of new seedings – beets, carrots, broccoli family, etc, – for fall. We push many of our favorites to produce in the summer, but they really prefer the cooler fall weather – [...]
Posted in CSA, Vegetables on Jul 14th, 2010
I skipped the farmers market today to catch up on fall seedings. We did not butcher chickens this week (did a few ducks and roosters), and the few frozen ones will keep or sell Saturday. The day started early spraying organically approved spinosad on potatoes where the Colorado potato beetles have gotten beyond hand picking. [...]
Posted in CSA on Jul 7th, 2010
Whew!!! It amazes me that, as dry as it has been, mosquitoes are out in such force. Between the heat and the mosquitoes, this is a time when I think the caged indoor (screened and air conditioned) laying hens have it better than my outdoor girls do. I don’t think the deer flies are bothering [...]
Posted in CSA on Jun 30th, 2010
I think there is enough summer squash for everyone to have some. Someone asked last week how I fix zucchini, particularly the Costata Romanesco. My standard summer fare is to slice it about 1/2 inch or less thick, coat with olive oil and garlic, and put under the broiler or bake at about 400 until [...]