Refrigerated Cooler Fixed
A service engineer was called upon to get the refrigerated cooler back on track after it froze up last week. It was a relay which was replaced and it has been working great all week as we have been checking it daily to ensure it worked great for the harvest during the weekend. We are setting up with Scott an alarm that will trigger when it goes below 35ºF so someone can get there quickly to avert an overnight freeze. The cooler is about 20' x 10' and is a necessity to keep the produce chilled down between harvest & delivery.
The Franklin Greenhouse has come to our rescue more than once this season. For this week's delivery some of the greens & basil were harvested from the greenhouse. We have been reporting to you the problems in the fields with the weather, being too wet to plant, washouts and crop losses. But Farmer Rich is determined to pull a few rabbits out of a few hats as the season progresses.
From the Fields: The field where the fava beans were is now tilled. We plan on seeding it with cilantro, dill, beets & beans as well as Oriental greens & dicon radishes. The rain we did receive set back our planting schedule. Seeding for more transplants will be done this week.
We were pleasantly surprised that the field at Scotts that the deer broke into earlier in the season actually had a terrific harvest of squash. Meanwhile the tomato plants in that field have started to come back but will be delayed in bearing fruit.
We have been checking in the Farmer Jim @ Windy Brow Farm for the beginning of the fruit deliveries. There has been damage to some of the fruit crop but fortunately no major problems. According to Farmer Jim the fruit should start in the next week or two.
Weather Report: A week's worth of sunshine with some intermittent rain at the farm. We received about 1" of rain on Friday night which delayed our planned planting in the fields on Saturday.
Animal report: Looks like a bear decided to check out our back field. The fence was torn in one section. Farmer Rich believes that if deer were trying to break in the fence posts would have been bent in while the deer were trying to break through it. In this case the posts are still intact, but the fencing actually torn. Fortunately, nothing was disturbed in the fields. We do have some crows picking away at new transplants of tomatoes.
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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