While many people are preparing to do final garden work this month, we farmers are tending 1000s of seedlings ready for Autumn planting. Cabbages, radishes, kohlrabi, turnip, fennel and green onion seedlings are lined up, in addition to direct-seeded carrots and beets. Now the long weekend has passed, we're preparing beds in the market garden for them to go in: removing weeds, adding compost. And, sneaking in a late potato crop to fruit before hard frost.
As we did last year, we've changed again from pre-long weekend garlic harvest to early August harvest. It's time to dig, grade, bunch and hang it to dry. If you're able to come help, please let us know. Our other alliums, the onions, look good and are coming in your shares now. In our intensive urban field setting, maximum size per plant is critical to our yields meeting projected demand from our farm members and market eaters.
Please tell us about your veggie experience with us. How is your pickup/delivery going? Is it easy? Instructions clear? Or have you experienced problems?
