Warm Spell.....
The temperatures in September so far seem warmer than the August temps! So far this is not causing too much of a problem with cool weather crops and temperatures should soon return to normal. The week’s delivery includes more winter squash which are coming along rather well. More are to be pulled off the field soon, which will include butternut, acorn, buttercup and spaghetti varieties. They are all up at our field at Scott’s as well as more tomatoes, potatoes and peppers. We hope to get the potatoes up this week. Our fields at the farm are full now that we have received adequate rain over the last two weeks. More spinach, kale, chard & collards are coming and the lettuces are looking good too.
Fruit – This week we have picked up McIntosh Apples from Windy Brow Farm located in Newton, NJ. From the Fields: The mustards and dicon radishes are way ahead of schedule with some red mustard in this week’s delivery. The newly seeded plants are mixed at this point with come doing well and some not. Some did get in a little later than we had wanted. The lettuces and oriental greens in the field are all coming along nicely. Leslie will be transplanting more lettuces in the Franklin greenhouse for the later deliveries. Weather Report: We received another rain this past week, about 2 ¾” in all. The temperatures are very un-fallish, reaching over 90ยบ on Sunday, which is typical July or August and not September. According to the Weather Channel, the temperatures should be coming more in-line over the next week or two. Animal Report – Still very quiet as it usually this time of year that the groundhogs want to fatten up before their winter hibernation. They are probably hiding in the bushes just waiting for the most opportune time to break in & feast. Upcoming Events:
Windy Brow Farm (where we get your fruit) Pick-Your-Own-Apples 10am-4pm daily & weekends w/Wagon Rides 359 Ridge Road Newton, NJ info: 973.579.9657 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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