Archive for the Updates from the Garden Category

It’s a sunny Sunday, 50 degrees and nearly June. We have some confused plants, but the bugs know what to do. With 500 sweet potato plants in the garage waiting to be planted, it’s a little touch and go. They need to go into raised beds, in […]

Again, another challenging season. Just the opposite of last year. This year with the threat of frost, the strawberries have not yet bloomed…so not to worry. Last year, with the extremely warm spring, some of the blooms frosted. Their yellow centers turned black and resulted in a […]

Greetings from the Gardens, I know some of you are wondering when the picking season finally ends. So do we!  Right now, we still have lots of prepicked veggies, veggies in the fields, and a hoophouse that we’re seeding and transplanting into greens.  Our goal (experimental, I […]

Greetings from the Gardens, It’s hard to know what to do next. With the possibility of frost, we’ve been picking those beautiful peppers so you’ll probably take from the cooler this week. The tomatoes are nearing their end so we’ve picked those that we spot at “first blush”, meaning […]

Greetings from the Gardens, The week was busier than usual, but thanks to a good reason.  Ben’s friend and fellow farmer, Mike,  joined us for 3 days from southern Illinois.  Mike grows mushrooms, hops ,veggies, pigs, chickens, goats, and ???.   During that time they finished up Hoop House 2 by putting […]

Greetings from the Gardens! We’re loving this cooler weather.  We’ve added several things to the pick list this week  . . .. carrots, spinach,  radishes, fennel and new rows for okra, beets, chard and kales. The edamames are yellowed but a good searcher could find a few more.  We took […]

Greetings from the Gardens, So many of the crops are at their peak right now.  It’s a wonderful time to cook from the gardens.  I’ve added several recipes that seem to fit in with the season.  Some I know I sent out last year, but with new […]

Check out the pick list to see that we’ve added some arugula, eggplant, started picking leaf lettuce, and rainbow carrots.  We may be finding the beginnings of watermelons and hope to pull potatoes this week (depending on heat and rain).  The cabbages and kohlrabi in the cooler were […]

Greetings from the Gardens, Click here for the Pick List for week of August 12th Tomatoes are ripening like crazy. Please try a variety and just take a couple big round red ones.  Heirlooms are ripe when they give a little to the touch. Some of our favorites […]

Greetings from the Gardens, We’ve had a pleasant reprieve from continual watering, thanks to 1.3” rain (not that we’re counting). But watering will continue. Tomatoes are starting and the pick quantities will increase. Watch for changes on the pick lists in the Taj. In anticipation of better […]