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Sunday, July 08, 2007

Vol 12 No 6 - Week of July 9th

New Crop!

Fawn.jpgA new crop discovered this week - A fawn & baby rabbit were both roaming around the farm on Sunday (luckily outside the fences). Many people ask us do we have animals at the farm, such as cows, pigs, horses or chickens. Our answer is always only the "wild animals" such as deer, bear, rabbits & groundhogs. Once in awhile we'll be visited by a coyote. We have bass in our pond & very, very large snapping turtles! You won't want to go swimming in our pond if you do come up & visit. [Sometime Farmer Sue was walking past the cattails & heard some rustling - low & behold there was a baby fawn just ambling about. It can't be more that a 1 week or 2 old. A quick run to the truck for the camera to get a few nice shots!]

From the Fields: The garlic harvest probably will begin during the week. Hopefully next week we will have fava beans for the members who have not received them yet. The first fava bean patch has been mowed and we hope to get more fava greens from these beds. If not, that area will be replanted with mustards & dicon radishes. We are leery about putting lettuces in that spot since we had such a problem with the animals. Lettuces were transplanted during the week in the large greenhouse & the round field. While Farmer Rich was delivering last week, Farm-Hand Leslie finished trellising the tomatoes & cucumbers.

Weather Report: There was a tiny bit of rain during the week, and then we got hit with the 95˚F + days over the weekend. Luckily we always seem to have a nice breeze blowing at the farm so it wasn't too unbearable and we arrived super early on Sunday to start the chard harvest.

What's Up & Growing: The turnips & black Spanish radishes are doing well. The dill is small, but we hope to deliver it in a week or two. The cilantro & other herbs are doing quite well. The new beets are spotty, but Farmer Rich is keeping an eye on them. Carrots were seeded and Leslie transplanted more tomatoes in the greenhouse for a late crop of Beefsteak tomatoes. The Oriental Greens have become "buggy", and since we don't spray we may end up delivering them with the holes rather than throw them out. They will still taste good, but not look so great. The Strawberry spinach that we thought was flooded out during that very heavy rain, may not have been totally lost. Looks like some of the plants are making a comeback.

Animal Report: Not only did Sometime Farmer Sue catch the fawn in the cattails, she also got a few shots of a baby rabbit in our picnic area (photo next week). Other than these two surprises on Sunday, the week was relatively quiet except for a groundhog that Farmer Rich had to relocate so preserve the crops in the field from being devoured!

NEW FEATURE-Sometime Farmer Sue has put together weekly Harvest Delivery Tips Sheets. She likes to call it the Harvest Identifier. It will include photos & tips for the veggies included in your delivery. A link to it will be e-mailed each week along with your Pick-of-the-Week email that she sends early in the morning on delivery day. Let us know how you like it.

Pick of the Week: Click on the link below (or on the right) for your drop-off location. This time of year the deliveries will be the same in pounds & variety but may include different items at each location.

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