Two Feet in the Dirt

We’re back to scorching weather this week, with temperatures yesterday and today reaching up into the 80s. And, fittingly, we’re moving more and more in the direction of summer crops. We just finished laying the plastic mulch that we plant our peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, and okra in each year. This is one of the worst jobs of the year, requiring manual burying of hundreds of feet of sheeting, and it’s always a relief when we finish. We’ve also just transplanted the pepper seedings into our hoop house, which will stay in there until near the first frost in the fall! The first round of beans was seeded into the hoop house last week and, after presumably holding off on germinating while the temperatures dropped into the 20s, have now begun popping above the soil and should be producing in a month or so. In the field, the potatoes, similarly slowed down by the cold weather after planted, have started to push their leaves above the soil.

Meanwhile, we’re still in the midst of the spring harvest. Baby greens are going strong and we’re gradually moving into more and more bunching greens. Unfortunately, these were set back somewhat by excessively cold and windy weather right after they were transplanted, but they seem to be catching up and we should be bringing more and more to market over the next few weeks.

Just a reminder that this Sunday we will be joining the Shepherdstown market for the first time! We’re excited to take part in this local market and hope to see many of you there. This week’s harvest list is below!

Farmers Katie & Mike

Harvest List:

• Lettuce salad mix
• Arugula
• Hearty winter mix
• Lettuce
• Radishes
• Green Garlic
• Spinach
• Baby hakurei turnips
• Baby bok choi
• Red Russian kale
• Collard Greens