This week the box was full of everything a person could want for a nice fresh fall salad – a lettuce mix, onions, carrots, radishes, peppers, and tomatoes. Green beans and potatoes were a nice side addition to the salad items. Fall has officially arrived and with it were the last of the summer squashes. Now it is time to turn to the fall squashes and so we can continue to enjoy what each season has to offer.
This week more fall vegetables were in the boxes on their way to members. Spaghetti squash was the highlight for the week along with several salad fixins like tomatoes, peppers, and radishes. It’s a great week to eat light!
With the changing of the seasons to fall we have started to welcome the bounty of fall produce. The start for the fall items came this week as one of our favorites, acorn squash. We still see continued growth of the tomatoes, peppers, onions, lettuce and summer squashes. Additonal fall produce will be forthcoming as the spaghetti squash, spinach, and late season peas all reach the harvesting point.
Happy Labor Day to everyone! The first of September has arrived. Along with it came cooler weather to remind us that fall is not to far away. We have been blessed with a great summer this year - hot days, warm nights, and rain when it was needed. Soon the produce will turn to the late season items such as acorn squash, spinach, and peas. For now, there’s still a great taste of summer to be had with tomatoes, peppers, and zucchini. Enjoy them today as soon they will be gone for another year!
There was lettuce in this delivery, it just did not make it into the picture for some reason….
Some corn was fnally ready to be picked. It did not grown very well this year. We knew the new garden section needed some amending but did not realize it was that lacking in nutrients. Next year we will solve that problem by putting the corn in the orignal garden area and begin a program of amendments in the new areas.
The rest of the garden is coming along great. Lots of peppers, tomatoes, and squashes were ready to harvest as well as some more lettuce. With the variety of produce ready, it was a good week to eat from the garden.
Can you believe that we are already half way through the harvest season for 2010? Me neither!!! The garden is doing wonderfully although we are going through a bit of a dry spell. It’s supposed to rain tonight so we will be looking for that. If not it will definitely be time to break out the hose. There’s new seeds in that ground that need the moisture.
This week’s box hasd more tomatoes, squashes, onions, and cucumbers. There was also another nice head of cabbage to share. Enjoy!
This week’s box contains many colors of the rainbow – red, orange, yellow, green, even purple and pink!
The weeds are slowly losing their hold on the garden as we gain ground on their removal. It was worse than thought but all is going well now. We continue to plant in the cleared spaces as the time has come to start the fall plantings of our favorites such as peas, spinach, and other cold-tolerant species. Ummmmm… fall, hard to believe that it is time to start using that word again in our daily vocabulary. But nonetheless the time has come for fall plantings. May the rest of the growing season go as well as the first part has!
This is the reason we go on vacation every year to Hayward, Wisconsin. Here are a few more:
It was a good trip with lots of fishing, boat riding, and eating – including a few fresh vegetables from home. But it always feels great to return home – even if it is to a garden that grew a few too many weeds. If you need me in the next week or so, you know where I will be – in the garden getting rid of those pesky plants that are stealing the nutrients from the ground!
Speaking of the garden – WOW!!! This week the box is filled to the overflowing point with squashes, tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, onions, and lots of other goodies!!! There’s some cabbage that survived the bug invasion, more hot peppers, a new rather large green pepper, additional broccoli mini-heads, and the last of the red romaine and Rocky Mountain mix lettuces. Enjoy!
Wow - this week saw the greatest variety to date!! As always there was some form of lettuce and onions. More carrots were ready for harvest. Firsts for the year are cucumbers, green beans, and beets. A few summer squashes were ready to be picked. Every member will recieve either a crookneck, golden or zucchini.
Next week will be an off week for deliveries. After that look out as more produce becomes ready for harvesting!
How much is there? That is something I have a hard time figuring out in advance. Last week it was the amount of peas (way more than I thought). This week it was the opposite with the radishes. I thought there were tons ready to go but instead as I delved into the plants, I was hoping there were be enough to give everyone at least a couple. Seems the grown ones were on the edges but not so much in the middle….
So this week’s box ended up containing a few radishes, Rocky Mountain Lettuce mix, lots of Red Romaine, onions, hot yellow peppers, and broccoli.
