Thunderstorms !
The thunderstorms came well before Hurricane Arthur, then the remnants of Arthur came and went. We were lucky not to receive any hail as the cold fronts moved in on Thursday evening. The crew was only able to work a few hours in the fields on Friday due to the torrential downpours. We were also ankle deep in mud! Fortunately we were able to get some work down in the greenhouses and stay out of harm’s way. Farmer Rich was convinced that the storm was going to miss us, but he was wrong.
Franklin Greenhouse Report: The eggplants were staked to encourage increased production and make it easier to harvest. The hot peppers are coming along great though the Cubanelle peppers that we planted turned out to be Hungarian Hot Wax (a very mild hot pepper). We guess the seed was wrong or we tagged them wrong. The White Icicle Radishes will probably be harvested for next week’s delivery. The Adirondack Blue Potatoes were harvested from the greenhouse for tonight’s delivery and Farmer Rich seeded another planting of radishes.
Starting the harvest @ dawn
From the Fields:
French Breakfast radishes (a nice red radish) are almost ready for harvest. The fava greens in tonight’s delivery came from the front field. They will stir-fry up well or simply use in your salad, though remove the stalks. Scheduled soon will be the fava bean harvest. The garlic harvest started, but was interrupted by the ugly weather we had over the end of the week. It looks like over a ½ mile of garlic will be harvested. The bulb size look on the medium to large size so far and we are hoping for some jumbos to appear. The cucumbers in the back field are doing well and the field planted heirloom tomatoes are also coming along nicely. The greens; kale, collards, chard, and cabbages are probably the best field greens we have had. More blue potatoes as well as some Adirondack Reds will be harvested over the next few weeks. These were interplanted between the garlic rows with the thought that they would be ready to harvest just after the garlic and then this entire field can be planted for fall crops.
Weather Report:
We really needed some rain, but not that much at one time. We received about 5 ½” over two days. Some erosion occurred on our roadways and fortunately the fields held up well. Farmer Diane did have a flood in one of her barns and her farmstand was under about 18” of standing water. A reported tornado touched down close to Lisa’s house and missed doing damage to her and Matt’s farm. There was major hail in the area and Farmer Art’s zucchini were damaged.
Animal report:
The rabbits continue to blossom at the farm. They enjoy watching Farmer Rich and the crew with one eye! After we planted the round field we never checked the fence in the back which was blown down over the winter. The deer simply walked in and decided to eat the broccoli. Farmer Rich fixed the fence during the early part of the week.
Trip to the Farm – Saturday – July 26th – we are planning on having a trip to the farm to those CSA members who would like to drive up and help with a few projects. More details will follow over the next few weeks.
Save the date!
July 7th - 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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