A little too much rain!
We always hope for the perfect season but it never happens. This year we started in a drought and how this past week as brought a little too much rain. The crops are generally doing well except or some spotty areas that are too wet.
Next Trip to the Farm - Sunday – Aug 19th More potatoes to be harvested - 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: Rain-Rain & more rain. We received 2+ inches the beginning of the week and another 2+ inches on Friday. We unfortunately have a few sections of the field that are swamped out and some crops will be lost. On Friday, Rich & Leslie were able to work in the large greenhouse due to the heavy rain and were able to weed it. This was good as it was overdue. After the rain stopped the temperature nose-dived into the low 50’s. By the time they left, Leslie turned on the heat in the truck! The day before it was almost too hot to work.
What’s Up & Growing: We replanted turnips for the 3rd time. If they don’t do well this time, we guess it is time to throw in the trowel on them. The recently seeded spinach probably will have to be replanted as it is not sprouting. One area that needs to be replanted is too wet to work. White radishes, Oriental greens, tender green mustard were planted this week. The Red mustard planted a few weeks ago is finally up. The other two plantings of potatoes are close to harvest time, which is perfect timing for the trip to the farm on Sunday.
From the Fields: The cucumbers continue to produce well. We are getting some blight on some of the plantings of tomatoes. This unfortunately means those plants will die. Two greenhouse plantings and two field plantings so far are o.k. (these plantings amount to about 300 plants). The last plantings are carrots are growing well and so far the ground hog has not found them! The heavy rains put our beets turnips & radishes in jeopardy. Hopefully the fields were drain well. The summer squash are starting to taper off.
Fruit Report – Tydeman Apples –Freshly picked from Windy Brow Farm. Tydeman’s descended from McIntosh in 1945 by virtue of a crossing with the little known Worcester Permain at the British East Malling Research Station. Beneath the thin, slick-feeling skin is a near-white, fine-textured flesh bearing a mild, enticing flavor.
Upcoming Events:
- August 26th – 8th Annual Heirloom Tomato Tasting – Hoboken Historical Museum
- September 8th – 6th Annual Heirloom Tomato Tasting – Ramsey Day
- September 15th – 3rd Annual Garlic Day @ the Arboretum-Frelinghuysen Arboretum – Morristown, NJ
Who’s eating the tomatoes? 
A tomato horn worm !
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.
A tomato horn worm ! 
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