More Rain, but we not going to mention it!
We are tired talking about the rain we have been receiving! Though we received more rain we aren’t going to tell you about it!
Michael was able to seed in some beds in the main field. A few varieties of beets, cilantro, turnips, chard and some Chinese cabbage were all seeded during the week. Meanwhile this week’s delivery of Tokyo Bekana and turnips greens were in the greenhouse and we needed to start their harvesting to avoid a growing aphid problem.
The back field that was looking great last week after the weeding patrol, turned back into a jungle after some rain (which we aren’t going to mention).
The seedings that Dory started two weeks ago are doing well except for a few varieties of lettuce and fennel. These just didn’t germinate and probably due to bad seed.
Franklin Greenhouse Report: The eggplant are starting to make it into the deliveries and will be delivered to all sites over the next few weeks. A few of you will be getting some this week. One bed has been rolled over with escarole. The arugula and sen posi will be harvested next week and those beds will be replanted. The new planting of radishes should be ready to harvest in about two weeks.
From the Fields: The second planting of zucchini are starting to show up in the deliveries this week.
The sweet peppers and cucumbers are also starting to be delivered and will make it into all the delivery sites over the next few week. The heirloom tomatoes are coming along, but seem abit slow this year, perhaps set back by all the rain have been getting (but we aren’t going to mention)!
We were fortunate to have planted potatoes between the garlic rows and when we dug up the potatoes with the potato digger, it actually created trenches which helped drain the 3” of rain that we aren’t
going to mention. This enabled the crew to clean up the beds and Michael was able to do some seeding.
Tokyo Bekana (Chinese Cabbage) & Zucchini rows (upper right) just one week later
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