Happy 4th week…in more ways than one. We’ve reached week 4 of our Summer CSA just in time for the Fourth of July.

Last week was spent wrapping up projects, and checking things off our to-do list. Two weeks ago, we started mulching the onions, and removing row cover from our brassicas. Last week we had just enough dry days to complete both of these big projects. We also got another round of lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, zucchini, and green beans planted. 

Our greenhouses are quickly being emptied of cold weather loving crops such as spinach, greens mix, and lettuce. Just as quickly, they’re being filled back up with warm weather crops such as cucumbers, basil, and pole beans. 

With all the colder than normal days we’ve had recently, quite a few of our Summer crops seem to be growing very slowly this year. The melon vines are still tiny. The tomato plants have some fruit, but none of it has thought about turning red yet. Our pepper plants are still small, but appear to be thinking about producing their first flowers. Hopefully the warm week ahead will get everything growing like crazy.

After lots of days of rain, the weeds are going like crazy and we are looking at a big week of hoeing and weeding to keep the crops from being smothered, especially the plants that were being kept warm under the row cover. Don’t worry, we’ll have the farm looking its very best by the end of the week.

In your share this week:

Broccoli – Napa Cabbage – Pac Choi – Carrots – Lettuce – Green Onions