BOX 5

With the cooler and dry weather, the veggies have been slowing down a little here in our gardens.  While we still have tons of green tomatoes, they are really slow to redden.  Most people are having this issue, from the funky year.  I've never seen tomato season start so late.  Same for our sweet corn and peppers.  While our pepper plants are loaded with small peppers, we need some moisture and more of this heat to push them the rest of the way.  

     We grew our combo of green and purple snap beans again like we always do.  The purple beans do lose their purple when you cook them.  

     The garlic has cured nicely in the garage, and we will continue to slip some into each box.

     It looks like we'll be doing our make-up box in September, so stay tuned for that.  Also plans are shaping up for the big farm party on the 14th of September.  Bring a dish to pass,  we will provide beer and hopefully some live music.

Box 4

Cruisin' into August we've got the first peppers, cucumbers, and zucchini for you.  Don't worry, there will be plenty more of these to come along with lots of tomatoes, eggplant, corn, and beans!
We have green and yellow zucchini, you will start out getting one or the other this week.  This year for our green zucchini I'm trying an Italian heirloom variety: Costata romanesca, known for it's supreme flavor.  As you'll see it has light and dark green stripes and is slightly more bulbous than it's hybrid cousins.
This box should complete our egg rotation, so everyone should have received a dozen by now.  We plan to continue this rotation so you should be receiving eggs every third box or so.
Blueberry season is peaking out real heavy so I couldn't resist picking them one more time for you. This time we went to Trachte's Blueberry Farm where we usually go on County Trunk A outside of Pittsville.  They also have ice cream to reward you for a good pick, bring the kids!
I also found some fat heads of cabbage for your box from Sunny Sky Farm.  Mark Anderson has been a great friend and mentor to me over the years. Like us, Mark grows everything organically on his farm, as he has for almost 20 years in Amherst Junction.  This would be the last of our rained-out summer crops, and look forward to get started on the fall plantings of broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and more.
I'll conclude with a couple of reminders.  Sept 14th is this year's annual harvest party.  This year's theme is "Virgo"  so there will be a special nod to Virgos!
At this point I am going to switch over Chicken pick-up here on the farm to a more open schedule. Email us when you'd like to get some or all of your chickens, and we will work out arrangements on an individual basis.