After a long season of hard work, it’s difficult to believe that we only have two farmers markets left this year! With a heavy freeze last week on Thanksgiving night and temperatures dipping into the mid-teens, almost all of our harvest at this point is from inside of our hoop house, but there is still plenty growing in there! (See below for our full harvest list.)
With most of the outdoor beds now done for the season, we’re moving on to mowing those down and putting in the last bit of cover crop. While we might not get much early winter growth off of the cover crop at this point in the year, once light increases and temperatures begin to rise in the late winter and early spring, this cover crop will start to put on growth and help suppress the type of weed growth that can be a huge hassle in the spring.
Make sure to stop by Burke this Saturday and next Saturday to enjoy the last two weeks of fresh, organic produce from our farm! We’ll be there rain or shine and hope to see you, too!
Farmers Katie & Mike
This week at the market:
- Salad mix
- Head lettuce
- Romaine hearts (2 packs)
- Arugula
- Winter salad mix
- Baby Kale
- Carrots
- Bok Choi
- Purple-top turnips
- EDIT: We were not able to harvest enough large Red Russian Kale (although we will still have baby kale), but we will have Spinach!
Comments
lynn brownell
November 29, 2018Interesting, did not know that some of the cover crop doesn’t really kick in til late winter. Glad the heavy
harvesting is over, especially since its gotten quite cold. Wonderful to still have those greens this week,
especially baby kale. Maybe in your “spare” time you can string some lights along the deer fence!
lynn brownell
November 29, 2018Forgot to add how much Brigitte & P enjoyed the tour last Saturday. Even though the rain was drenching,
it was a real experience for Brigitte to visit an American farm. For both of them, it was a chance to see
all the work behind the scenes & do we all ever appreciate it! Thanks
Barbara Grogan
November 30, 2018What a year! Just loved reading all these posts. I’m putting in my order for some of these last delicious crops. It’s amazing to see how everything has come full circle. Hoping you had a great Thanksgiving!