Well, it has been sort of a distracting week....the Wolverine fire plume is always blooming on the horizon and there has been as much talk about fire as about veggies. Hopefully we will get a little rain this weekend and it will calm down those flames a bit. For now though, life continues like normal.
So we are now in week 12. This means that anytime in the next 6 weeks we can experience a killing frost. Right now, the weather is looking good. It is going to cool down for a bit but no frost is expected. Traditionally, the first crop to bite the dust is the basil. Once we start experiencing nights in the mid-low 30's the basil begins to get lots of black spots and refuses to grow. So....if you haven't made pesto yet, this would be the time to do so.
The rest of our crops are hardy to about 30F or so. With any luck, the frost will wait a few more weeks. However, like usual, if worse comes to worse, there will be lots of fall-type crops filling the boxes until the end of the season (potatoes, leeks, onions etc...)
I will keep this post short since really, nothing new is happening at the farm other than now Willy has to show up in the morning and work by the light of a headlamp. The daylight is leaving us rapidly now.
Enjoy the last week of summer vacation! This season will be our first with 2 kiddos in school full-time. I can't even imagine what this means and there is a small part of me that is feeling very 'mom-like' and wants them to stop growing up so fast! However, given the choice of going to school or picking more cherry tomatoes, I think our kids are definitely ready for a change of scenery.
Have a great week,
In Your Share This Week:
Onions (red and sweet), Beets, Kale/Collards/Chard, Potatoes, Garlic, Eggplant, Tomatoes, Basil, Carrots, CABBAGE! and probably a few other surprises....
Recipes:
Thanks Sarah H. for passing this one along....
Vietnamese Style Chicken Noodle Soup
Scalloped Potatoes
Basil Pesto
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