On the Farm Again!

The first harvest week has concluded and everything ran pretty smoothly, thankfully. Transitioning back to thrice-weekly harvesting and distributing seems daunting at first as we adjust our work schedules to accommodate these new tasks. A big shout out to our farm crew for coming in an hour earlier and adjusting so well to the harvest routine. It's a pleasure to collect and eat the proverbial fruits of our labor, plants we've been nurturing for the past few months. It's also been great welcoming you back to the farm! Everything we work so hard to raise is destined for you, our members. I'm hopeful adding a trip out to the farm to collect your share blended in with your busy schedule and that you're now enjoying some of the early spring greens and roots.

Out in the fields we're still planting like mad. Now that we're (hopefully) past the frost date we can begin establishing heat-loving crops in earnest. Last week we transplanted 3000 feet of peppers (can't have too many sweet peppers, right?), 1200 feet of u-pick flowers (expanded per Farmer Dana's request), the first succession of snap/string/green beans, the 7th round of lettuces and herbs, as well as spring celery, additional chard, and more scallions. Crops were cultivated and many, many beds were prepped for future crops. Over the next few weeks we'll plant watermelon, winter squash and pie pumpkins, sweet potatoes, leeks, tomatillos, edamame, cantaloupe, zucchini, cucumbers, as well as more lettuces, beans, scallions, and herbs.

Extensive crop planting will transition to crop maintenance and eventually big harvests. For now we revel in the return of an abundance of greens and an internal spring cleaning!