Author: joshvolk

Today’s share has the first of the winter squash. We’re starting with Sweet Reba, an acorn type, and Delicata Zeppelin. The yield on winter squash was pretty poor this year so we’ll likely only be giving out one or two more squash in the next week or two, but these two varieties should be good… Continue reading 2nd Fall Share, Week 21

Fall got off to a beautiful start with a nice, warm, dry week and it looks like we might get another one next week. Sweet peppers should continue, but it’s unclear what the tomato situation will be. Lettuce continues and we’ll likely have a bit of arugula to spice up salads and possibly a few… Continue reading Week 21 predictions

Pretty much as predicted this week. The share has a big head of celery, carrots, chard, lettuce, and the remaining basil, sweet peppers and tomatoes. In addition, we’re distributing all of the stored onions, shallots, garlic and potatoes! This is the full fall share of these crops for the rest of the season. We figured… Continue reading 1st Fall Share, Week 20

Summer has quickly turned to fall this year, harvest wise, but we still have a few summer holdouts that look like they’ll make it into the first fall share. We’re going to try to give out one last bunch of basil and whatever tomatoes we can. Peppers should still be producing well – we’re picking… Continue reading Week 20 predictions – First week of fall

Next week is the start of our fall season so this is the last week of the summer share and the transition is evident. We’re cleaning up the kale planting so there’s a small bunch of Nash’s Green kale in the share, and the chard is looking so good that we harvested bunches of that… Continue reading 13th (and last) Summer Share, Week 19

Next week is the last week of summer. This week it was feeling like summer was already over and fall was starting, both from the weather and the harvests. Next week it looks like we might get a little more sun but the temperatures are still supposed to be a bit chilly in the evenings.… Continue reading Predictions for Week 19

A bit damp this morning and it looks like that might be the case all week. It makes harvest a little more complicated for us, but the greens love it. As predicted, tomatoes and peppers are still in abundance, the greens are looking great and the basil is still hanging in there. We also have… Continue reading 12th Summer Share, Week 18

Yesterday I did the last crop seeding in the fields for this season, some mustard greens for the late fall shares. They’re covered, protection against flea beetles for now and maybe for cold in the future. Meanwhile we’re still have two more weeks of summer harvests ahead of us. The late summer fruits will definitely… Continue reading Week 18 Predictions

With the bulk of a few greens and an overload of tomatoes and peppers I’m running out of space on the wash table to set up the photo of the share. Today’s share has Romano beans, carrots, kale, summer squash, cucumbers, sweet peppers, eggplant, parsley, tomatoes and lettuce. Thursday will be similar, but without the… Continue reading 11th Summer Share, Week 17

Despite there being 3 more weeks before the end of summer, it was really feeling a lot like the start of fall this past week. A return to cooler temperatures and even a bit of moisture is reviving the greens and the lettuce is looking really great again. We’ll also either have more chard bunches… Continue reading Week 17 predictions

I always seem to be running a little behind in posting these photos of the week’s share, but here it is: Chard, tomatoes, basil, sweet peppers, carrots, summer squash, eggplant, cucumber and lettuce. A few notes on the items in the share are in order, as they are most weeks. The chard bunches, for the… Continue reading 10th Summer Share, Week 16

We’re pretty solidly into tomato season now and sweet peppers should stick around for at least another month, two if we’re really lucky. Cucumbers and summer squash should continue for a few more weeks but probably in smaller quantities. We’re back into a regular lettuce rotation that should be consistent into the middle of October.… Continue reading Week 16 Predictions

The tomatoes are on! The share has lots of slicers and saladettes today. If you’re feeling at all like you won’t eat them fresh, cook them down a little and freeze the sauce for a treat this winter. To go with the tomatoes we have another nice bunch of basil. I’ve been eating the leaves… Continue reading 9th Summer Share, Week 15

Left to right in the photo: celery, Siskiyou Sweet onions, summer squash, tsakoniki eggplant, cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet peppers, and chard. As predicted the lettuce is on vacation for a week but it’s looking like it might be back next week. The chard is beautiful right now so it’s providing a bit of green and bulk… Continue reading 8th Summer Share, Week 14

What is this crazy hot weather we’re seeing this summer? Back up into the 90’s again next week? It does match fairly well with our planned summer share actually, as we intentionally drop most of the cool weather greens in the summer and focus on getting all of our members to the point where they… Continue reading Week 14 Predictions

Another hot week, another round of vegetable goodness from the farm. We’ve got the same number of items in the share this week as most weeks, but mostly dense fruits and roots, and no bulky greens so it looks a bit smaller. Tomatoes are really starting to produce, and the first large slicers went out… Continue reading 7th Summer Share, Week 13

Plus, watch the second video to see the amazing donut tomato… Thanks for watching!

Summer vegetables are definitely here now. Tomatoes are starting to ripen more consistently and we’re starting off with Matina, an early red saladette type. We have four other larger slicers that should be in the shares soon and the first of those, as quantities are extremely limited, will be available at the farm stand. Cherry… Continue reading Week 13 Predictions

The predictions for the share were pretty good, but one surprise was the chard. Last week we tried to harvest and it was covered in black aphids so we just left it. This morning it was almost completely cleaned up by lady bug larva that had moved in to feast! We harvested some nice bunches… Continue reading 6th Summer Share, Week 12