As summer winds down we are reflecting on the season. Overall its been a good one, but also strange in some ways. For the first time ever, we were not able to coax an okra crop. Nematodes have found our farm and they destroy okra plants. For the past few years we've been able to get abundant harvests before they kill them completely, but not this year. Very strange to have an okra-less summer. We are usually swimming in it this time of year.
About a month ago we had flash flooding like we've never seen here before. Six inches of rain fell in a couple of hours, completely flooding our main building and the lowest fields, which included some beautiful green bean and squash/zucchini plants. Those plants never fully recovered and we were only able to get a meager harvest. Thankfully nothing else was damaged.
We are grateful for good harvests and adequate amounts of rain otherwise. We are ready for the heat to wane. It feels like the hottest and most humid summer ever! The farm is now mostly covered in soil building summer cover crops like the sun hemp pictured here. The greenhouse is filling up with fall plant babies such as kale, cabbage, chard, beets, parsley, dill, lettuce and much more.
Only 2 more shares left for this season.
Some reminders about Auto Renew for the Fall season:
What to expect:
- You will receive an email about your membership details on August 10th.
- You will have 7 days as a grace period in which you can make changes to your share type, size, frequency, location or cancel your order. You cannot make changes to your share until the grace period (August 10-17th) but you can cancel the order anytime before that.
- On August 17th, your card will be charged and your membership will be renewed with us!
- If you do not have a card on file with Harvie, your share will not auto renew, you must sign up manually and mail in a check to secure your membership: Click here to sign up
Here are the next season's details for you to review:
- The Fall season will start the week of September 19th.
- This will be an 9 week season, ending the week before thanksgiving.
- Crops included in the fall shares include sweet potatoes, radishes, lettuce, arugula, kale, collards, turnips, beets, carrots....mostly roots and greens.
- Your location, day and time will all remain the same.
- There is an option to pay each week. To choose that option click "Pay X Deliveries."
- If you'd like to choose the payment plan, here's how it works: 25% is paid down, 25% is charged at the first delivery, then the remaining 50 % balance is deducted from your card each week of the season.
We are so very thankful that you've chosen to support our farm this season. Please let us know if you have any questions about the fall season and auto renew.
