Well we had our first near miss with a frost this past week. Temps all over the state and even in parts of Bowdoinham and nearby towns dipped down below freezing on Thursday morning, frosting fields and crops. We had a very light frost in some areas, but our location next to the bay moderated the cold air just enough to spare us, and all our warm weather crops have been spared! Which means more peppers this week! An unexpected sweet summer push.
Amazingly enough, this weekend will be very summery weather-wise. In the spring and early summer, we look for nighttime temps above 50 as a signal of warmer weather and soil temperatures warm enough to support real plant growth, most of next week we're expecting temps in the 50s at night and even 64 tonight. Crazy.
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ADD-ONS this week
- More Heirloom Apples - More of The Apple Farm's St. Lawrence Apples available this week. St. Lawrence apples are a northern New England original, and not grown a lot commercially. They are great for fresh eating and sauce, and are tart with hints of citrus. From The Apple Farm in Fairfield, Maine. These are truly tasty, way better than pumpkin spice :) 3lb for $5.00
- BULK BEANS for canning- I've always said we would NEVER have these and yet, we finally have a planting that had good germination despite drought, has not had the deer eat it, and that the bean beetles haven't found and we. are. flush. There will be beans available by the half bushel. $25.00 LAST WEEK
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We'll likely have hot peppers for a few more weeks (for those who want them), and this week we're focusing on poblano peppers, those larger, mildly spicy hot peppers that are great for roasting. One of our members was great enough to share a dip recipe for poblanos, which I've added below! Thanks, Michael G.! I'll be making this one this weekend to enjoy during Sunday's Pats game.
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