One more week!! First pickup for veggie shares is Tuesday, June 6. We may, or may not have chickens ready on Tuesday – will update that. Some of them are getting big, and Tony leaves the 11th for three weeks to visit family in Nebraska, so they will be harvested sometime that week.
I have been harvesting carrots from the hoophouse. Although the bed is parallel to the long sides of the hoophouse, and only 3 feet wide, there is marked difference in growth between the inner and outer rows. The inner row, and part of the next row, were definitely as good as they are going to get – some beginning to split. The outer row has at least another week.
We are at the end of the Asian greens for a while (flea beetle mania), but the lettuce mix is ready and in the farmstand, along with the carrots. I have tried some bunching greens for you this spring, like spring raab. Some look good, those with smooth, waxy leaves, but the others are totaled by flea beetles. I am actually leaving them alone to lure the flea beetles away from the smooth leaved ones. And the white netting over the broccoli and cabbage is to keep cabbage worms out.
All the potatoes are in (last year I forgot about them in the back of the cooler and didn’t plant them until July 4th). The early broccoli is finally beginning to show good growth. The garlic looks good. The early beets were a flop, and I am behind on planting more, but got a spot prepped for them, so maybe I’ll be able to sneak seeding in before the rain starts tomorrow. We made two more mulched beds this afternoon, so in between showers I can transplant lettuce and broccoli.
All in all, things are rolling along nicely. With the exception of shepherd’s purse, weeds are much less an issue than in the past, a state which helps greatly with relaxation. Of course, warm weather hasn’t kicked in yet, but I am making MAJOR changes this year that seem to be helping.
