Tarps got moved and cover crops have been going in the ground. We successfully covered a cover cropped section of Garden 7. The heat generated from the tarps along with the lack of sunlight will kill off the cover crop underneath and create a nice garden section for future planting. Shawn, Wyatt, Jessie and Claira all helped in this endeavor.

Trellises for cucumbers, and paste tomatoes can be seen in the background. We also have lettuce, parsley, and zucchinni planted in other sections of this large garden.

Speaking of tarps, we did the same thing in GH2 to prepare for a fall planting of greens.

GH2 received a double layer of plastic in the Fall along with a furnace so spring seedlings are protected from cold temperatures. Farm and seedling sale transplants were housed here.

On June 24th, we completed the task of moving out tables, pulling up fabric and silage tarp, and removing the weeds. The beds are ready for planting.

Colin planted a cover crop of Oats, Peas, and Beans which promptly germinated and popped up. They outpaced weeds fixing nitrogen, breaking up any hard pan, and will provide organic matter for the soil.

Oats, Peas, and Beans grow quickly! Less than a month after planting Colin crimped the cover crop (Check out the video below) and then Tim tarped the beds. In a few weeks we will remove the silage tarps and either cover with pre-holed fabric and plant or plant directly in the cover crop debris.

The farm continues to flourish and we are thrilled to have plenty of slicing tomatoes this week.

Some Tomato Recipes:

Curried Tomato Sandwich, an option for the non-bacon eater.

Tomato Ceaser Salad

Salsa

Southern Tomato Pie

Tomato Sauce

GH3 Tomatoes

Pickup
Come anytime between 3 pm and 6 pm to choose your share on the day you chose when you signed up, so either Monday or Thursday.

Please bring your own bags or box to gather your choices.

If you signed up for an add-on, don’t forget to pickup your Eggs, Pork sausage and Flowers!

 Remember to contact us in advance if you will be unable to pick up on Thursday, so that we can store your share in our walk-in refrigerator to keep it fresh. You can email or call us to let us know. Thank you to all of those who have already arranged another time to pickup!

Here's what you will find in this weeks share:

Everyone gets to take slicing tomatoes (1 choice)

Full shares receive an additional 11 choices

Small shares receive an additional 7 choices.

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CHECK OUT THE CSA RECIPE PAGE!

Enjoy! Thank you for supporting local agriculture. See you Thursday if not before.

Your Farmer,

Sam (For Tim, Matt, Mikaela, Jeannie, Jim, Jaime, Evrald, Shawn, Colin, Jessie, Ani, Wyatt, and Claira)