Hanna Hits
The rain finally came on Saturday and this was greatly needed. The only drawback was that it hindered some of our harvesting. We had both Leslie & Jessie help harvest on Sunday and get everything bunched up. This week, Farmer Rich made an attempt to till up the back field, but ran out of time about ½ way through. He will probably resume this project in November, when the deliveries are done. This also involved moving many large rocks out of the field. This field will increase our growing area for next year. Fruit – This week we have picked up Mollie’s Applies from Windy Brow Farm located in Newton, NJ. From the Fields: Farmer Rich seeded Dicon radishes, tendergreen mustard, and oriental greens on Friday, hoping that we would get the rain on Saturday. Also this week, we noticed an unusually large activity of white butterflies, which means that we’ll be seeing green worms in the brassicas (collards, kale, mustards, radishes). We depend on our “air-force” to take care of them, which the birds swoop down to feast on them. That is why Farmer Rich likes to plant red leaf varieties so it is easier for the birds to see the worms.
The bok choi’s and lettuces planted by Leslie are are coming along nicely. The rain fluffed everything up & yes including the New Zealand Spinach.
Weather Report: We received about 3” at the farm on Saturday as Tropical Storm Hannah moved through the area. This filled up the pond as well as watered all the n
ewly planted crops that Farmer Rich planted on Friday. Luckily no high winds and no swampy areas were noticed and it was a nice soaking in kind of rain.
Animal Report – We had another quiet week without any rabbits or groundhogs deciding to feast on your veggies. Perhaps they were hunkered down with the impending hurricane in the forecast.
Some of our peppers prior to harvest:>>>
Upcoming Events:
October is Garlic month!
- 6th Annual Garlic Gathering @ Olde Lafayette Village – October 4th & 5th – Lafayette, NJ
- 2nd Annual Garlic Fest at the Hoboken Historical Museum on October 12th – 1301 Hudson Street
- Date to be announced – Garlic Planting at the Farm Sometime in October – help us plant garlic for the 2009 season.
Pick of the Week: click on the links below or to the right to bring you to the delivery specific to your pick-up location. Deliveries will be of similar variety & poundage, but may contain different items. Occasionally, some crops are ready to harvest but not enough to deliver to all our drop-off locations. What we do is start to filter them in each week to a different drop-off until there is enough to delivery to everyone.
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