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Sunday! Jul 17 2005 // 6:00 pm // permalink Approaching critical mass CSA; Day 48 Quick updates on the major issues: Rain: a little more regular since my last post. Weeds: still quite a bit of pressure. I tried to pick fava beans on Friday but I could barely find the plants. In some places the weeds are taller than I. We’re still spending like 30 hours a week weeding. Harvest: we ate the first sweet corn yesterday. Apples started to come in last week. The black raspberries are going crazy. Broccoli and kale are huge and plentiful. We brought in a few major loads of onions and garlic last week, that we’re still cleaning and prepping for storage. Crops coming soon: summer squash, cucumbers, tomatoes. Crops in early stages: we have a few beds of parsnips, carrots, and leeks that are limping along. Between poor germination (a problem all over the farm since the start of the season), little rain and major weed pressure, I’m surprised they’re doing as well as they are. Pests: the deer have destroyed the equivalent of a full row of beets. It’s heartbreaking. The raccoons have started on the corn. We are going to put up an electric tape barrier, but I don’t know how well that worked last year. Heat: it’s hot! Friday! Jul 01 2005 // 3:06 pm // permalink rain, finallyCSA, Day 32 It rained yesterday! It had been 17 days. We’re almost over the hump with the weeding. Soon we’ll be spending most of our time harvesting. Planting is almost entirely done, except for the fall crops. Market Wednesday rocked. I sold out of everything. Including the asparagus that I forgot to put out until an hour before we left! Tomorrow’s market is going to be great. We have so much beautiful produce! I’m super busy, but I’ll give you a rundown of what we’re harvesting today: sugar snap peas |
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