Thursday, July 14, 2011

Monsoon Season in CO!

beets
Almost every afternoon and evening for the past couple of weeks we have gotten torrential down pours.  This means the garden has exploded (especially the weeds!) This week we started picking the first beans and summer squash.  CSA members received beets, chard, and snow peas, and we continue to pick lettuce and turnips each week.  If you want to see what people are getting in their boxes, check out the Harvest Total page here.

The hoop house is almost done and will be ready to cover with plastic this fall.  The cherry tomatoes and cucumbers will need to be trained up strings attached to wires on the ceiling in the coming weeks.

In addition to the CSA and the hoop house construction, we are opening the farm stand whenever we have fresh goodies.  This week you should see some chard, beets, and fresh basil for sale.
Hopefully you are enjoying the Summer (in between the afternoon storms!) and have lots of fresh, healthy veggies to eat.  Check back for more news from the farm and have a great week!  Peace!
salad mix

baby winter squash

beets inter-cropped with basil

farm stand

snow peas

snow peas with melons

collard greens with arugula

beets with arugula

lady bug larvae

cabbage with beans

beans

garlic and cover crop with cherry tomatoes

honey bees on shallot flowers

rainbow swiss chard

2 comments:

Seriously Though said...

The chard flowers are so beautiful. I love getting my csa box every week. sometimes I have no idea how to prepare whatever veggie I receive because I've never eaten such things before. Thankfully, the internet is full of recipes.

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