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| beets and rainbow carrots |
May is here, our early CSA is full through June and the fields are full of life! Colorful radishes, gorgeous, earthy, deep red beets, freshly dug "new" onions, baskets of sweet crunchy sugar snap peas and bags brimming with crisp, verdant baby spinach have all been flying off the shelves at the farm stand. Our rainbow carrots are just starting to size up and garlic heads and golden and red potatoes are filling out under their blankets of soil with promises of their tasty bounty to come.
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| sugar snap peas |
The first succession of summer vegetable seeds have been tucked in and are beginning to sprout - 4 types of green beans, 3 types of cucumbers, 4 types of summer squash, along with new lettuces, broccolini, chard and kale to finally replace the old hardy crops that carried us through winter.
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| freshly dug onions |
We are now in the midst of one of the most rewarding times on the farm - TOMATO PLANTING TIME!!!! All those seedlings we planted in February survived the winter and are now beautiful, green, and vigorous! We are all so proud of them. It was quite a journey observing and caring for them from tiny sprouts to healthy flourishing plants. This year we are growing 5 heirloom varieties, 3 cherries, and of course the beloved Early Girls. With the help of our 2 farm hands and 2 interns we got all the holes dug, prepped and on Friday completed the planting of close to 400 tomato plants! We do have extras, and have put some up for sale at the farm stand - just $5 for gallon pots of heirloom tomatoes. Come on by and pick some up for your garden! We can't wait for August when we will be in fresh tomato heaven!
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| gallon tomato plants |
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| tomato plant at home in the field |
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