Two Feet in the Dirt

I’m going to keep this week’s post short in honor of a special, non-farm event in our family- our son Caleb’s 5th birthday! Our son has the misfortune to have been born right at the peak of the farming season, so we always try to make an effort to take a day off to celebrate no matter how busy we are. It’s been fun watching our son grow up on the farm the last few years. As an almost-kindergartener, he is much more involved in the farm this year. He can identify a variety of insects, has favorite crops, and has helped with a variety of tasks from weeding to planting the potatoes (pictured above). And, for the first time this year, we set aside a spot on the farm for Caleb to plant his own garden. Today he brought in a bumper crop of peas from his pea plant and he’s been enjoying pulling his carrots and watching his chard plant (yellow- his favorite color!) grow.

As we continue to move from spring to summer crops on the farm, this will be the last week for a few cooler-weather items and we’ll be gradually moving into more and more of the heat-loving crops, starting with cucumbers and beans and gradually moving onto eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes. See the full harvest list below and the store will be open from noon until midnight on Thursday!

Farmers Katie & Mike

Harvest List:

• Garlic scapes
• Lettuce salad mix
• Lettuce heads
• Scarlet Ohno turnips
• Arugula
• Red Russian kale
• Lacinato kale
• Curly green kale
• Spring Onions
• Kohlrabi
• Collard Greens
• Rainbow Chard
• Carrots
• Cabbage
• Beets
• Snap peas
• Zucchini/Summer squash
• Cucumbers

It’s probably the last week for these:

• Lettuce
• Scarlet Ohno turnips

Coming soon:

• Beans
• Basil