One bright spot through the past month has been the formation of the murals being painted on one of our cabins by member Amy Noonan and a few of her High School Art students from Port Edwards. Amy has been a trooper through the sloggy conditions, and has really decorated our farm with a beautiful set of images representing our family and the farm.
So besides flowers, I do now have most of our plants into the garden. Better late than never!
We have a huge garlic crop all growing in elevated beds which is nearing maturity. The scape is the flower stalk that each head of garlic sends up in June. Picking it not only provides you with your first taste of fresh garlic for the year, but also forces the plant to redirect it's energies back into the bulb for the final month of maturation.
Also doing well and reaching maturation are your broiler chickens! These guys (and gals) look like they are enjoying all the mud as they scratch for worms and bugs. It looks like Ill have to wait until July 10th to get them in to butcher at Sonday Produce Waupaca. An extra week should mean some bigger birds!
Thank you all for participating in Vespertine Gardens. I look forward to the rest of the season!
Craig
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