August 17th, 2008
Tomatoes are in!
Hi Folks,
Finally
tomatoes are ripening, though the flavor isn't yet what it was last
year. Here's the likely culprit: excessive rain and cool temps.
Tomatoes would much rather be grown in their native Mexico than in New
England. In the field what we see are signs of
a variety of blights attacking the foliage of the plants, but plenty of fruit. Basically six foot high
plants
with one foot of greenery at the top and fruit below, surrounded by
dead leaves. It's now a bit of a race to get ripe fruit before the
plants die. Luckily, we have three successions of 700 plants, so we
aught to have safety in numbers. (About ten plants
per share). Here's a suggestion for less than perfect fruit: cook it into sauce!
This
week we're seeding Daikon Radish, spinach, chard, salad mix, arugula.
I'd really like to see lots of greens going into the fall. Now's the
time to
seed while it's still warm. The idea is to grow the greens now, then protect them later, even after
they've
stopped growing in the cold. We use row cover to blanket the greens and
protect them as late as possible from hard frosts. Also this week,
hoeing
brussels sprouts, chard, salad mix, beets. Transplanting greens, broccoli...And of course the
triweekly harvest. Here it is:
Corn (maybe)
zucchini
cucumbers
eggplant
peppers
tomatoes
melon
chard
potatoes
turnips
onions
celery
Enjoy!
Your farm family,
Dan, Tracy, and Bea
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