I am not as spry as I used to be. I still pick many of the small items we offer for sale like strawberries, peas, and beans. I usually pick the peas into a four or five gallon bucket; this one is a second hand molasses bucket from the co-op. The strap on portable milking stool is a real lifesaver – one of the best investments I ever made!
Each year people eagerly await the first tomatoes. And they expect us to have them the same time each year. Unfortunately tomatoes work with the weather, not the calendar! Tomatoes like hotter weather, but not too hot. These wonderful, cool nights for sleeping mean that the tomatoes are slower to bloom and ripen than some years. Each day Ken is opening and closing the greenhouse to keep it warm, but not too hot. I keep …
Greetings from the Garden! This week’s CSA box has lettuce, kale, arugula, French breakfast radishes, green onions, garlic scapes, snap peas, carrots, parsley, strawberries, and the last of the asparagus. Field Notes. Ken is wrapping up asparagus season with weeding and mulching the beds with the assistance of his faithful helper, Oscar the dog! The plant shoots will grow and send energy to the roots for next year’s crop. One of the most …
