Dry – Dry – Dry
Very little rain has fallen, which is creating dry conditions in the fields. It is almost like they became too dry overnight. We are trying to run water from our irrigation system, but all fields cannot be covered. The pond is in good shape as it filled up during the last storms, but is still down about 6”from its normal high. The water flow is a bit on the slow side, but at least we are getting some water to the fields. Hopefully the rain coming from the remnants of Hurricane Isaac will fall on the farm later in the week.
Michael’s last day was on Saturday as he has to go back to school. He is looking forward to working full-time next season and we hope he will fill in now and then on weekends until the end of this season.
Franklin Greenhouse Report: Renee seeded arugula and tendergreen mustard this week. Her planting of microgreens is doing well and we anticipate harvesting them as baby greens. The seeded carrots seem to be sporadic in their germination, but we should be able to get at least one harvest before the end of the season. We have some nice basil and salad burnet which will be delivered over the next few weeks. We are getting close to the end of seeding new crops in the greenhouse. 
From the Fields: The tomatoes are suffering due to the lack of rain, but we are in good shape for the next few weeks. As fields are harvested and not replaced by new crops as the season is winding down, we are planning on where to plant the garlic crop in October. We will be planning a trip to the farm, probably the third weekend of October. Our late planting of zucchini might just work as the weather has been warm enough for them to take hold. A new basil planting in both upper greenhouses and some in the field is really doing well. Everyone loves a lot of basil!
The delivery of blue potatoes is just harvested so are “new”potatoes with very thin skins. Please use them as soon as possible as they will not store. They are on the “dirty” side as we didn’t want to wash them or the skins would fall off.
Weather Report: With the lack of rain, we are spending time overhead watering and at this time are picking and choosing which crops to save. The priority at this point is the fall greens, radishes, turnips and keeping the tomatoes on target for delivery. Some areas of the fields are better than others and the choice of what to save is based on the shape they are in. On a positive note, rain is in the forecast for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week.
Animal report: While we were gone for deliveries last week, a groundhog decided to move into the center of the lower field. He has been munching on lettuce, tomatoes and some weeds. At this time, it has been relocated outside the field in the hopes it will not return.
Upcoming Events
Garlic Gathering – Olde Lafayette Village – Route 94/15, Lafayette, NJ 11 am – 4 pm October 6th & 7th
Annual Garlic Fest – Hoboken Historical Museum – 1301 Hudson Street October 14th 1-5 pm
Week of September 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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