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Ha! Looks like I mislabeled this past week’s share number as share #10 when it was actually week 11! Next week will be week 12 of 13 so we’re just two weeks from the end of summer, and the weather seems to have decided that we’re already into fall. This whole year has felt shifted… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #12

Looks like I forgot to give a prediction for the tenth share last Thursday, apologies for that. Harvests have been taking up a lot of our hours in the field right now, so many tomatoes and beans this year! Sweet peppers are starting to come on nicely too. All of the onions and shallots are… Continue reading Tenth Summer Share

Lettuce, cucumbers and summer squash, red onions, lots of tomatoes, romano beans and red beets with greens. The obvious big thing in today’s share was tomatoes! They seem to be coming all at once this year and I hope they’ll slow down a little and last a long time, but you never know. The other… Continue reading Tenth Summer Share

Lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, summer squash, sweet pepper, beets, and onions are my best guess at next week’s share. The sweet peppers are likely the earliest variety we have, Jimmy Nardello, which look a lot like a hot pepper but is probably the sweetest we grow and has no heat at all. We never put hot… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #10

Carrots, baby leeks, summer squash, cucumbers, a lot of tomatoes and lettuce. Story of the day was a very big tomato harvest which is a result of all of that warm weather we had when the fruit was initially setting back in June or so, and the warm weather in July that kept it growing.… Continue reading Ninth Summer Share

Summer is far from over, but it’s definitely transitioning. The days are noticeably shorter, the summer squash is starting to wane, the tomatoes are starting to peak, and the sweet peppers are oh-so-close to being ready. Next week’s share should have lettuce again, back to only one head, cucumbers, summer squash, tomatoes, carrots and onions… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #9

Lettuce, cucumbers, summer squash, shallots, basil, tomatoes, and celery. Again, two heads of lettuce as it was ready and we’re needing to clear out some space for winter plantings in the next week. Time to make lots of salad with all of that lettuce, cucumber and tomato. The basil and shallots are nice additions to… Continue reading Eighth Summer Share

Lettuce, cucumbers, summer squash and tomatoes are pretty certain. We’re going to try to get some basil into the shares this week and maybe that celery I thought we were going to harvest last week. There’s a small possibility that sweet peppers might start this week, they’re very close! We’ll also have more of the… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #8

Lettuce, cucumbers, red onion, carrots, romano beans, summer squash and tomatoes. Two heads of lettuce today as I’m a little worried that otherwise we might loose some in the forecasted heat this week. Today got Emerald Oak and Carmona (red butter) but Thursday will probably see at least one different variety. I’m also not sure… Continue reading Seventh Summer Share

Number 7 will mark the half way point in the summer season! Cucumbers and summer squash are solidly on at this point, tomatoes are just getting started, I think the romano beans are going to taper a bit, but at the very least we’ll have them on the farm stand. Lettuce is still going strong… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #7

Potatoes, romano bean, cucumbers, sweet onion, summer squash, tomatoes and lettuce. We dug the last of the potatoes today, a bit earlier than planned, but they were ready early probably as a result of the warmer than usual April and cooler May which was perfect conditions for them. The yellow potato is German Butterball, a… Continue reading Sixth Summer Share

Thursday we had an extra large harvest of the yellow Romano beans and cucumbers, and the first harvest of sweet onions. We’ll definitely have sweet onions for Monday this coming week, and likely red onions again in Thursday’s share. Lettuce will continue, as will cucumbers and summer squash, and I’m hoping we’ll have yellow beans,… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #6

Speckled lettuce, red onion, summer squash, yellow romano beans, three types of cucumber, and celery. Smaller heads of lettuce today and Thursday may get a different variety depending on what happens with this heat wave. Thursday will also get sweet onions since they got red onions last week. Summer squash will probably be a mix… Continue reading Fifth Summer CSA Share

It looks like warm weather is returning after that cool, gray day we had Thursday. The summer squash and cucumbers seemed to just hit a peak of sorts and the return of hot weather will help them produce more. The bush beans are basically done, but it looks like we’ll probably have romano beans next… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #5

Beets, parsley, green beans, cucumbers, summer squash, green onions and lettuce. Lots of notes on today’s share, and Thursday will probably be a little different. Beets are a combination of yellow and red and to be honest, this crop did not do well so just a few of various sizes. As noted last week, the… Continue reading Fourth Summer Share

It feels like we’re finally getting enough warm weather for the summer squash and cucumbers to start producing so those should be staples for the next month or two, with some variation in the varieties. We should have lettuce, although next week’s planting was one where multiple different varieties were planted due to poor germination… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #4

It looks like it’s going to warm up this weekend so I’m keeping my fingers cross that will mean the summer crops like summer squash and cucumbers finally start producing something other than a slow trickle. We’ll have lettuce as usual, new potatoes should be back in the shares, there are some gold beets that… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #3

Lettuce, carrots, green beans, green onions, and collard greens. Summer squash was on the farm stand again with not quite enough to go in the shares. We also had the last of the peas and fava beans on the farm stand. There are some favas held over that will be on the farm stand again… Continue reading Second Summer Share 

Lettuce, kohlrabi, favas, Yukon Gold potatoes, snap peas, chard and the first basil sprigs (not pictured). The lettuce is Fine Speckled Oak, a new one for us and we’ll have to see how it holds up in this week’s heat for Thursday. The kohlrabi was mostly large, some folks got smaller ones. Definitely peel it,… Continue reading First Summer Share

Today is the first day of summer and tomorrow, Monday, is our first summer share of the season. It’ll probably be a small(ish) one as we wait for some of the summer crops to catch up after some cold nights we had back in May and early June when the main crops for summer we… Continue reading Start of Summer!