Dry Weather Continues !
The dry weather continues, but we have had worse conditions in the past. We are not at a crisis point, yet. We are irrigating the main fields to keep the production up and the back field has been abandoned as it is not going to be productive even if we are able to get some water on it. We will start getting that field ready for next year by removing the plants and tilling it up to plant with a cover crop.
The tomato plants continue to be very productive and probably one of our best tomato years to date. It is just a matter of time before they start shutting down, though at least another few weeks of harvest should be on the agenda. The crew spent at least three hours harvesting just the cherry tomatoes this week.
The Sunchoke flowers (Jerusalem Artichoke) are in full bloom. We plan on delivering the sunchokes in October.
Franklin Greenhouse Report: Some Oriental greens were seeded and the crew transplanted our last planting of lettuce. These should be planted in the fields in about two weeks. The seeded carrots in the greenhouse may not work as it did get too dry, but that bed will be replanted arugula. The bed where the harvested Oriental greens from last week’s delivery will be reseeded with more greens for the fall. The hot peppers continue to mature and more eggplant will be harvested.
From the Fields: The newly planted transplanted crops are all doing well for the fall deliveries. We think that at least 1000 plants (if not more) were planted with crops for the fall. Some of the previously transplanted did get “fried” in the hot weather but will be replaced this week. Aside from some broccoli, cauliflower and parsley root, all the fall transplants are in the ground. We did use up one of the garlic beds to plant some sugar chicory, broccoli and lettuce. The weeds are starting to get ahead of us between the beds and Farmer Rich weed wacked to improve the air flow around the crops.
Weather Report: It was hot and humid most of the week and the glory days of the cool weather we were having is over. Due to the heat and humidity we started early in the morning and ended our days by lunch time. No real rain to speak of and the threatening severe thunderstorms predicted for Saturday never came (at least at the farm). Just 3/10” of rain fell on Saturday evening which actually helped!
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 8th - 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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