Great Day @ the Farm !
It was great to see so many CSA members come up to the farm & help with a few projects. Though hot, we did get a lot done. A project we were able to do in the shade was to harvest some green beans and that was the project that we started first. The plants were harvested from the fields and then brought over to our picnic area where it was cooler to pick the beans. We then proceeded into the field for some mulching & weeding of the tomato, tomatillo & leek beds. Next was lunch followed by a tour of the farm.
Of course we had a great late lunch with freshly picked salad, cucumbers, campfire pizzas, garlic bread, bruschetta, grilled onions & peppers as well as grilled potatoes & onions. Fresh picked corn on the cob was grilled with the husk on and we also had some homemade salads as well.
Overall a great day at the farm and thanks to all that came up to help & hope that you enjoyed the day. The next trip to the farm will be scheduled in October and will be the garlic planting day!
From the Fields: All of the garlic has been harvested and that field has been mowed & tilled and is now ready for planting of another crop. This field probably will be planted with turnips, radishes & more beets and Oriental greens. A few beds of broccoli & cauliflower are slated to go in as well.
The drip irrigation that John fixed last week has been working great. The only set back this week was when Farmer Rich decided to cut the grass and ran over one of the main pipes which prompted an emergency visit to Tractor Supply. He got some parts to fix the geyser that developed! With our gravity flow system there is now way to turn it off
Field maintenance such as trellising the tomatoes and weeding was performed as any strenuous labor was put on the back burner due to the severe heat. We don’t want to burn out the crew.
Weather Report: It has gotten dry again and we are irrigating all fields. The severe heat during the week prompted super early start times for the crew. This way we could get most of the farm work done early in the morning and send the crew home during the high heat of the day. On consecutive days it was well over 100ºF and we were going through Gatorade and water by the gallons.
Animal report: As it is getting dryer, we have seen our first ground hog prowling outside the fence. As the meadows dry out, they look for “greener” pastures for food and do like to break into the fields for our lush crops. We are vigilantly keeping an eye out to make sure that the fences do not have any breaches to allow them into the fields. The crows are still being pesky and pecking the tomatoes, eggplant, peppers & zucchini. The deer have been absent probably keeping cooler in the woods.
 | 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 |
| Ali in the pile of Green Beans |
Week of July 25th - 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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