Trip to the Farm-Sunday
Farmer Rich arrived at the farm early on Saturday morning and was surprised to see the front gate open. Upon investigating, he found footprints from 2 deer (1 adult & 1 baby) that made the rounds. It looks like they ate some beets, Spanish radish greens and some weeds. Either Farmer Rich forgot to close the gate Friday night or the deer figured out how to untie the gate wires!! Farmer Rich is convinced that they untied the gate!
Trip to the Farm - Sunday - July 29th
Want to harvest potatoes? 
We planted 100 pounds of potatoes in the spring, so it is time to start harvesting them. We have yielded about 3-4x in the past and may yield up to 10x, so that is a lot of potatoes. Fun for all ages!!!!
Sunday - July 29th 11 am to ??
Just let us know that you plan on coming up so we can plan on lunch & refreshments and send you directions. Spend the day or just come for a few hours.
Weather Report: Cooler weather came during the week along with some rain on Wednesday. About ½" of rain fell at the farm, which was quite different from the torrential rain fall that fell further south in Bergen, Passaic & Essex counties. It was just the right amount.
What's Up & Growing:The turnips, black Spanish radishes are doing well. The cabbages are a little spotty in the fields, but should start showing up in your deliveries in the next week or two. The tomatoes, peppers & eggplants will be starting in the deliveries real soon. Our late planting of tomatoes are doing well also. We always try to get a late planting in so as to be able to deliver tomatoes late in the harvest year.
From the Fields:The garlic harvest is finally over. It took Farmer Rich 3 days to finish the harvest. The garlic bulbs are a little on the small side, mostly due to the drought conditions we had early in the season. The first run of blue potatoes looks really good. The onions are almost ready to be harvested. Once the tops have died down they will be ready for storage. Farmer Adam's corn (probably the best corn ever!!) will be ready in about 2-3 weeks, as long as the bear or deer don't eat it. It is starting to tassel-up! There is another delayed planting right behind it, so we hope to be able to deliver some great corn soon.
Fruit Report- Red Heart Plums are in this week's delivery. This is a Japanese plum variety.
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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