Jack Frost is Knocking
Last week our headline was warm spell and this week its Jack Frost is knocking at the door! What a difference a week makes. We had a low of 38ยบ F during the week and there were frost warnings on our local newscasts. The warm weather crops are winding down anyway, but a cold snap will finish them off. The cool weather crops are really enjoying these cooler days & nights. Our planting or mustards & dicon radishes are really doing well and are ahead of schedule.
Fruit – This week we have picked up Golden Delicious Apples from Windy Brow Farm located in Newton, NJ.
From the Fields: The lettuces are coming along quite well. The oriental greens are starting to do well but are having a problem with slugs finding them. We are gathering up the winter squash and potatoes throughout the week. Chard, kale, sorrel and more New Zealand spinach are on the horizon. Leslie planted some late lettuce, endive and celery for late October deliveries in the Franklin greenhouse. Two of our late seedings failed, but our other plantings are coming along great so this offsets the failures. This includes some green mustard. The cilantro has done quite well as you know in having it in your delivery this week. With only 6 weeks left to go, the field planting has stopped. What begins now is setting up for next year. We need to plant garlic in October as well as perform some field work. We are going to remove the small greenhouse & put in more raised beds and hopefully erect a new structure to get a cooler on-site, perhaps a “field-house”. This will also help with storage, as well as a protected area to work in when we have to bunch up the greens.
Weather Report: The previous rains have helped keep the soil moist, but it has been dry during the past week. Farmer Rich did have to irrigate the beets & chard this past week in the lower greenhouse.
Animal Report – The crows have found the zucchini & tomatoes are decided to start pecking at them, thus destroying a few here & there.
Farming Quote of the Week: It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn. BC Forbes
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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