Deliveries Continue Despite Gloomy Conditions
Last week we reported on the Whirlwind of Disasters post Hurricane Irene. One thing we forgot to mention as part of that whirlwind was that the tractor's hydraulic hose broke while John was tilling a field mid-week. This was the area we planned on planting the garlic, but as you can see from the photo we now have a mini-Grand Canyon in that field. On a positive note, it was a good thing that we didn't get to prepare it as it would have all been washed away. Farmer Rich is still looking for where all the soil went from the wash-out.
Mini Grand Canyon
We had another 9" of rain that fell last week which brings our total for the 2 1/2 weeks to about 24" of rain. Needless to say we do have crop losses in all fields. Most farmers we talk with are all in the same boat!
We will continue to deliver as long a possible. A lot hinges on the newly seeded crops that didn't wash away. They are mostly in the back field which is in better shape than our front fields.
From the Fields: It has been too wet to do much field work. The crew did manage to plant a few hundred lettuce plants this past week. The Franklin Greenhouse is basically in good shape despite the problems we had in the greenhouse post Hurricane. There was some "burning" from some beds drying out as we were without power to get water into the greenhouse for over one week. The plants surprisingly look as though they are coming back!!
The tomato plants have suffered greatly, but we should be able to continue with tomatoes in the delivery for the next several weeks as we do over-plant to off-set crop losses. This year the over-planting has worked out by at least being able to provide a harvest instead of saying that everything is dead.
Weather Report: As noted above, more unwanted rain fell during last week. This week it looks like we have a good forecast with little to no rain to fall. Cooler temperatures and shorter days are on the horizon.
Fruit Report – The apples are from Soons Orchard in Middletown, NY.
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Upcoming Events
· October 1st & 2nd 9th Annual Garlic Gathering @ Olde Lafayette Village 10 am - 4 pm Lafayette, NJ (Routes 94/15)
· CANCELLED - October 16th 5th Annual Garlic Fest @ the Hoboken Historical Museum 1 pm - 5 pm 1301 Hudson Street – Hoboken, NJ
Week of September 12th - 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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