Well, I suppose today's blog title serves 2 purposes: we always box on Wednesdays but this is box 5, which means we are at the peak of the hump, and next box will mean we are half way through this growing season.
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"Green provider", "yellow wax" and "royal burgundy" more to pick an hour after you finally finish all the rows....
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Our area in central Wisconsin has been hit twice with heavy hail. Many people lost their gardens, are getting new roofs as we speak (golden handshake) and are driving around cars with golf ball dents...this happened 7 years ago as well but we were so lucky this time in that our farm didn't have a single piece of hail just only heavenly rain that the field needed very much. Too bad I was on call for a birth and spent the night in Rapids with our new car...you can imagine how that story ends :)
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white onions freshly picked
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We have received a few more nice showers here at VG since the hail storms too which means we aren't lugging around hoses and buckets at all except to the raised beds which is expected. They dry out more quickly then the field and are filled with compost which is great, however, doesn't have the clay content we do in the field. Reminder: please tell me not to complain about wet springs.
Usually garlic doesn't like clay. It also doesn't much like sand but we seem to have created a variety that loves VG soil and does really well without needing any intervention (except planting, weeding and harvesting). The meat birds are here too! They moved in about a week ago and we send many thanks to our friends
Nami Moon Farms for including us in their most recent order. They will be ready in about 11 weeks.
Happy hump day and enjoy August!
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VG garlic
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