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Catalpa Ridge News - July 2, 2018

Hot - Hot - Hot


We had temperatures in the 90’s for the past few days making it difficult to work in the fields. We start early in the am to plant and harvest before it gets too hot with the crew putting in 5 hours. This week looks like another hot week with some rain to come.

The back field is growing nicely. The harvested lettuce was replaced with kale & collards. The garlic is getting close to the full harvest. We did start a harvesting a few rows on Saturday and it is included in this week’s delivery. The nasturtium flowers are in full bloom and are included in the delivery. We put together a nice fresh salad with the flowers for our farm lunch on Saturday – a nice treat!

Another row of cabbage and herbs were planted and the last of the eggplant transplants were planted in both the greenhouse & the field.
The repaired fence is keeping out the deer and with the hot temperatures they like to settle down in the deep woods where it is cooler anyway.

After a late start, the plantings in the field are catching up. We had about 1” of rain during the week though we do continue to irrigate the fields with these hot temperatures.

 Have a great week and a Happy 4th of July!

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