Author: joshvolk

Next week is the final week of our summer season and it seems the weather has already transitioned to fall. Somewhat amazingly I don’t think we’re going to be far off of our harvest projections due to the weather – although the tomatoes have virtually shut down so we’ll see if we get any of… Continue reading Summer Predictions – Week 13

In the share today: celery, sweet peppers, summer squash, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce and chard. The sharp turn in the weather really put the breaks on the tomatoes. The plants still have lots of fruit on them so I’m hoping we’ll get a little more sun and warmth before the end of summer to ripen… Continue reading Summer Share – Week 12

Late again on the predictions, apologies for that but I thought I’d give a short note before the harvest tomorrow. It’s been wet and cool so we’ll see how that has impacted the crops – the cucumbers and summer squash were already slowing down so my guess is that the cool wet weather isn’t going… Continue reading Summer Predictions – Week 12

Beets, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, summer squash, peppers, and lettuce. A pretty solid summer share and it’s nice to see the peppers coming on. The hot peppers are starting to ripen as well. We don’t put those in the CSA shares but they are in the pick your own section, and we’ll try to have some… Continue reading Summer Share – Week 11

A slightly bigger share today than originally planned. We pulled all of the Amarosa fingerling potatoes today so there’s a big pile of those. We’re giving them all out now but they’ll keep in a cool dark place – a cupboard or the fridge – for months if you don’t use them right away. At… Continue reading Summer Share – Week 10

We’re in full summer mode with the shares these days. Lots of tomatoes, summer squash and cucumbers hanging on, sweet peppers just starting to ripen and still some lettuce. We’ll probably pull more potatoes next week and give out onions. If the chard is looking good we’ll put that in too, or maybe parsley. Lots… Continue reading Summer Predictions – Week 10

Busy day yesterday being one crew member short and at the same time trying to prepare a bit for the potential rain tomorrow. I say one crew member short, but not really – just one of the four of us on vacation. Most farms of our type that I know don’t really do summer vacations… Continue reading Summer Share – Week 9

Last week my good friend and fantastic farm Photographer Shawn Linehan came and took some photos. I think I’ve mentioned that I’ve been a little too busy to take many photos this year, and I’m terrible about getting photos with people in them, so it was especially nice to have her get photos with both… Continue reading Summer Predictions – Week 9 – Plus Thank Yous

Pretty close to as predicted: Nevada summer crisp lettuce, a couple of cucumbers, a couple of summer squash, a few tomatoes, a handful of beans, red onion, carrots, chard and basil. Padron peppers and eggplant made it to the farm stand, along with some other extras and some beautiful flower bouquets by our talented CSA… Continue reading Summer Share – Week 8

Here’s my best guess for next week’s harvest: Swiss chard, carrots, celery, romano beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, summer squash, onions, and lettuce. Basil and eggplant are two outside possibilities but it is more likely that we’ll have them on the farm stand. The original plan had sweet peppers starting next week; on my field walk they’re… Continue reading Summer Predictions – Week 8

We’re a at the half way mark for summer and the tomatoes are finally here. We harvest the tomatoes with a range of ripenesses, and mostly we try to pick them before they’re dead ripe. This give you at least a few days to eat the tomato before it’s over ripe. We also harvest some… Continue reading Summer Share – Week 7

Romano beans, cucumbers, eggplant, lettuce, summer squash, chard, tomatoes were all in the plan for the share when I made it up in January. First, some notes on expected changes from the original plan: unfortunately the cool season mixed with symphylans (a little soil dweller that eats roots) has really set the eggplant back and… Continue reading Summer Predictions – Week 7

This weeks share is pretty close to predicted. Yesterday was a long day so I’m a bit late in posting this photo of the share. We did get a lot of fall planting done though so that was good. In the share is butter lettuce, Romano beans, summer squash, red potatoes, red onion, cucumbers, chard… Continue reading Summer Share – Week 6

Looks like it’s going to be a warm one next week, we’re pretty much at peak irrigation season right now. In terms of vegetables, that warm weather should help ripen all of those green tomatoes hanging out – but I’m still not sure if we’ll have any ready for next week’s harvest, almost definitely by… Continue reading Summer Predictions – Week 6

The shares are getting more predictable – which means last week’s prediction was pretty much right on. In the share this week are more carrots, cucumbers, potatoes, summer squash, onion, celery, romaine and kale. A few quick notes on some of the items. The celery is a first pick, really a cleaning up of the… Continue reading Summer Share – Week 5

Another solid share yesterday, getting a little heavier with fruit and roots. This might have been the last full harvest of broccoli and I’m not sure that Thursday will get any this week, although Thursday members have been getting a little more than Mondays’ so todays harvest evened that out a bit. More new potatoes,… Continue reading Summer Share – Week 4

Here’s what I’m thinking for next week’s share: lettuce, summer squash, cucumbers, parsley, potatoes, kale or chard, broccoli, and carrots. The lettuce will be our green crisp, Nevada. The summer squash will be Mutabile zucchini, Genovese zucchini, and Pattison patty pans should be making it into the mix next week. We also have three cucumbers… Continue reading Summer Predictions – Week 4

I got a little distracted with the holiday last week and never got around to predicting the share last week. We’re overlapping some spring holdouts today with the first of the summer crops. Collards, arugula, hakurei turnips, and favas all hold on for another week, although Thursday probably won’t see the turnips as they got… Continue reading Summer Share – Week 3

In today’s share: arugula, chard, carrots, hakurei turnips, purple peacock broccoli, primax cabbage, Genovese or Mutabile zucchini, Yukon gold potatoes, favas, pirat butter lettuce. The arugula is lovely today and a bit spicy from the summer heat. Zucchini are starting to size up nicely, and the potatoes are actually very nicely sized up for being… Continue reading Summer Share – Week 2

It’s looking like week two is going to go pretty close to our projection from this winter. Broccoli, cabbage, arugula, butter lettuce, favas, and carrots were all on that list and should be in the share next week. Broccoli and cabbage broccoli actually made an early appearance on Thursday. The broccoli we’re growing this year… Continue reading Summer Predictions – Week 2