Garlic Beds ready for Planting
The Garlic Beds were prepared during the week and are ready to plant the garlic. First, we had to brush hog the fields, then they were tilled and cross tilled. We applied fertilizer before the final step of wrapping the beds in plastic.
Franklin Greenhouse Report: The adolescent Oriental greens were harvested from the Franklin Greenhouse and will be in your CSA delivery. These beds will be rolled over during the week and we should get another crop by the end of the season. The eggplant have slowed down due to the cooler temperatures we had last week. We’ll see if they pick up again as this week the forecast is for warmer temperatures. For those of you who like hot peppers they still are coming along nicely.
From the Fields: We are still harvesting some cucumbers but they really are finally winding down. The new planting of zucchini are doing well. The crew transplanted four beds; mixed lettuce, radicchio, Oriental greens and chicory. We still have quite a bit more to plant into the beds.
We had great success with planting potatoes between the garlic beds so we are planning on doing the same this year with a little planning as we plant the garlic. We will be scheduling a garlic planting day sometime over the next three weeks and will keep you posted on when that will be.
Weather Report: Most of the week has been dry and the little rain that fell did definitely help. We continue to irrigate the main fields. The morning temperatures went from the high 40s to the low 60s by Saturday morning with an increase in the humidity. We hope that the predicted scattered thunderstorms for early in the week with scatter over the farm.
Fruit report: The grapes in your CSA delivery are from Marjorie’s Vineyard in Wantage, NJ, just a few miles from the farm. This week’s variety is Vanessa.
Upcoming Events
Garlic Gathering – Garlic Day at the Sussex Farmers Market
October 4th 9 am – 2 pm (moved from Olde Lafayette Village location)
Sussex County Harvest, Honey & Garlic Festival Celebrating the best in Sussex County and Northern NJ Agritourism, Ecotourism and Heritage Tourism October 11th Sussex County Fairgrounds 10am-4pm
Annual Heirloom Garlic Festival – Hoboken Historical Museum – 1301 Hudson Street October 12th 1-5 pm
Farm Fresh Seasonal Produce for sale as well.
September 2nd - 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.
No comments:
Post a Comment