This past week has been pretty great. We managed to get most of the crops in that we wanted to before the rain came and then came some more and then, well, it’s still coming. We haven’t seen this much rain for awhile. I might have have asked for a gentler, more subdued style of rain, but I shouldn’t complain, it’s great to have the moisture and it’s kicking our first crops up a notch just in time for the CSA to start. I just ran out to the garden and the first CSA share is shaping up beautifully – lettuce mix and spinach, turnips, kohlrabi, radishes – they all look great and the peas are flowering too!
We got a super early head-start this week on some of our hot crops. We managed to get the tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and some melons in and the winter squash, cukes and zucchini have come up and look fat and healthy. We had the help of Prapti, a volunteer coming for the month of June, to get our wash station set-up. Jeff is just banging a whole in the concrete for a drain and then we can get it all rigged up. I’ll be in touch with everyone in a few days and let you know when the first pickup will be!
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- The garden in the rain
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- Rows of squash covered in row cover and freshly cultivated soil in what will be our orchard.
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- One step forward on the moveable greenhouse
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