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Happy 4th of July !!
Though still behind the farm is progressing well. We tilled up the fava bean field and were ready to plant into that field except on Sunday except for the rain. John is working on repairing our access road that loops around the farm which had gotten too rutted over the winter.
We weed wacked between the beds in the fields and another afternoon of weed wacking is coming this week to keep the weeds under control.
From the Fields: The crew is staking up the tomatoes and husk cherries. In addition to the field planted tomatoes, we have two rows of tomatoes that have been planted into the large greenhouse.
The round field has been very wet and was just coming out of it when it poured again. The plants in this field are suffering and there have been some losses.
The garlic this week is a preview and our main harvest will be coming in a few weeks. This early garlic will not store well as it hasn’t been cured. Use in your cooking as you would garlic, but it won’t have the strong flavors that the cured garlic possesses. We are getting ready two of our upper greenhouses to start drying & curing the garlic after harvest. We have to set up wire racks to lay the garlic on.
The seeded crops from last week’s report are all up and the beans actually were ready to be planted except for the rain on Sunday. We’ll have a heavy schedule for the crew to plant this week. The zukes and cukes are looking good and should be showing up in the deliveries in the next week or two.
In Franklin, the Tatsoi and Oriental greens are up and our micro-green plantings are coming along well. We are happy with our Franklin output as it is providing additional harvest items each week.
The upper greenhouse has transplants ready to go into the fields which include lettuces, broccoli, chicory, evergreen onions, cucumbers, chard, endive and kale.
Weather Report: It was dry most of the week and had to turn on the irrigation. On Sunday the 3rd it rained all day, well over 1”. We really needed the rain, but not that
much all on one day. As Farmer Rich came home on Sunday evening, there were severe weather alerts for the chance of hail in the area.
Animal report: All has been quite this week, but of course this is subject to change at a moment’s notice. The fences are holding well and the rabbits, groundhogs and deer are all staying outside the fence for now.
Trip to the Farm – Scheduled for Sunday – July 24th Want to help out at the Farm?? We like to schedule at least 2 work-days at the farm during the harvest season where CSA members can come up and help us with some projects. The first work-day is scheduled for July 24th starting at 11:00 am. Some projects planned will be to help with some mulching & transplanting. More details to come over the next few weeks. Please RSVP (by July 22nd ) so we can plan on lunch, refreshments & get you directions. Give us your contact # via phone or e-mail just in case the weather is iffy (it can be a whole different world at the farm) so we can give you a call if it will be a rainy day.
Upcoming Events
- August 28th – 12th Annual Heirloom Tomato Tasting @ the Hoboken Historical Museum – 1 pm – 5 pm
- October 1st & 2nd 9th Annual Garlic Gathering @ Olde Lafayette Village 10 am - 4 pm Lafayette, NJ (Routes 94/15)
- October 16th 5th Annual Garlic Fest @ the Hoboken Historical Museum 1 pm - 5 pm 1301 Hudson Street – Hoboken, NJ
Week of July 4th - 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 at anytime during the season. 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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