The customization period for this Wednesday's farm share is now open and will remain so until 11:59 p.m. tonight, Sunday.
Greetings:
We have a big list of items for your shares this week! Most will be in the main list that Harvie will draw from to create your initial share. A few items will only be available during the customization period (usually items we have in low supply or suspect are of minor interest to most members). The "special" items this week are: Beets, Carrots, Endive, Shiitake Mushrooms, Strawberries, Fresh Pasta, and a few others. If you would like to add or swap these items into your share you'll need to click on the "customize your share" button in this email.
We feel a definite shift in the season, with warmer temperatures and the longest days of the year driving strong growth in our crops. We've devoted the last few days to setting out our irrigation lines, primarily to nurture our newest transplants and direct seeded beds. We are crossing our fingers the peas will not take too much umbrage from the cluster of 80 degree plus days coming their way, but the ephemeral constitution of these whispy vines is never benefited by heat. But of course one crop's heat stress is another's elixir of vigor, so we expect that our long suffering warm weather crops (read, Basil, Cucumbers, Peppers, and Tomatoes) will shift into a higher gear with the arrival of genuine summer.
The farm is always in transition, kind of like a pitching machine that alters trajectory and speed with each pitch. We do our best to be out ahead of the next toss, but are pretty sure we whiff more than a few times each season...
Thanks for your support and membership! We love sharing the fresh and healthy products of our labors with you, the members that make it all possible.
This week's photo: Delectable Zucchini, ready for picking. We are always impressed with zucchini's vigor, even in far from ideal conditions. Despite abundant rain and truly unseasonable cold after we first planted it, these "summer" squash managed to grow steadily, with an impressive burst of growth in just the last 10 days of good weather.
Yours,
Mike, Kim, and Crew
Cedarville Frm
