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Monday, August 10, 2009

Volume 14 No 10 - Week of August 10th

Trip to the Farm - Saturday - August 15th

It looks like a season of two steps forward and then three steps back. We seem to get ahead a little and then get set back by the weather. We appreciate the encouraging comments many of you have sent along realizing that we are having a difficult season. You have appreciated our hard work to get you the deliveries and with the help of our trading partners we are able to supplement our harvests. As Susan from our Beth Haverim Shir Shalom pickup location has put it "I'm astounded (and very grateful) for what you do deliver week by week despite our antideluvian weather conditions. It is hugely fun to come to the synagogue/school on Mondays to pick up our part of your harvest and to know others are sharing in it as well. So...if some things get eaten by various 4-footeds, we know you work hard to keep them away from our dinners! And if the rain washes things away, we enjoy what remains. Thank you for keeping farming alive in our state. With best wishes and my thanks..."

From the Fields: We tilled up the Dikon radishes, beets & lettuces as they got washed away during some of the heavy rain a week ago Sunday. We will be replanting this week. The crew started to dig our main potato field in the back and unfortunately most of the potatoes are not deliverable due to them rotting in the ground. This is due to the wetness of the fields from the season on rain. We were able to get some lettuces transplanted from seedlings as well as kale, collards and endive. They should be transplanted in the fields within two weeks.

Weather Report: Well, we had a better than average week this past week! There was more sun than rain except for last Sunday when several inches fell during some violent thunderstorms. More were due yesterday, but looks like they tracked more south of us.

Animal report: The great blue heron has returned to the pond. It is probably looking for a pollywog or two. We also noticed that the groundhog decided to pull an empty coffee can over its hole (that it dug to break into the greenhouse), probably to keep the rain out!

Work Day at the Farm - Scheduled for Saturday August 15th Want to help with a few projects at the farm? Come up to the farm and spend an afternoon in the country. We usually get started around 11 am.

Projects we need help with might include:
· mulching
· transplanting
· various other tasks as the weekly weather permits
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pleaseRSVP so we can plan on refreshments and also send out directions. IF it is Raining - we'll have to CANCEL. We'll send out an e-mail to everyone who RSVP's.
We usually start late morning and give you a tour of the farm, start working on a project then break for an on-farm barbeque and hopefully go back to work after!

Ali & Lisa placed 2nd & 5th place overall at the Open Vegetable Show at the New Jersey State Fair- Sussex Farm & Horse Show:

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Ali - 2nd Place Overall

Lisa - 5th Place Overall

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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