Well we had another great week here at the farm and at our markets! The chickens have been a hit! We have been definitely enjoying them! All of the rain that we have had this week has been great, and the new crops are coming in very strong. We are trying to keep up with the mulching, which helps tremendously to keep the moisture in the ground. Our second plantings of squash and cukes are doing great, and soon we will have an abundance of them, so remember to stock up for winter canning! If you are interested in canning, we also have tomatoes that will be great for that purpose. They may have a few bad spots, or a split due to the rain, but the flavor and size is perfect for canning. Well our hawk issue has been solved! Thankfully we were able to deter the hawk from coming back simply by running string back and forth from fence to fence (a lot of string!). It appears that it confuses the hawk into thinking that the area is covered! I was pleased to find that the idea i had about doing this had already been tried by others, so it gave me a little more motivation to try it. The bucket of poly line is very inexpensive, so it works great to cover a large area! I was not looking forward to having to purchase netting! Well I tried some of the sesame shoots we had been growing, and they are very bitter. Apparently, from what I was reading, sesame is very soil depleting, so I plan to try again with a richer soil mixture to see if that helps, a lot of trial and error with some of these things, but it sure is fun when it turns out! We are about to start planting lettuce again. I have a bed prepared that is in a much cooler area, so it should work, which means we should be able to offer lettuce again soon!
Tomatoes - $2.50/lb. (slicing) We have Cherokee Purple, Brandywine, Striped German, German Johnson, Green Zebra, Dafel, Celebrity, Moskvich, Black Prince.
Most of the slicing varieties are heirloom, and we may only have a couple lbs. of each available depending on the demand! They are all very flavorful
and great choices if you are unfamiliar with the varieties.
Roma/Cherry Tomatoes - $2.50/pint or lb.
Canning Tomatoes - $1.00/lb.
Cucumbers - $1.50/lb.
Squash - $1.50/lb. (Yellow Zephyr, Sunburst Patty Pan)
Swiss Chard - $2.00/bunch
Potatoes - $2.00/lb. (red and white)
Onions - $1.50/lb. (purple, white and yellow) we have been eating a lot of onions, very sweet!
Garlic - $1.00/lg. bulb - $.50/sm. bulb (mild flavor)
Honey - $12.00/qt. (limited supply)
Whole Chicken - $3.00/lb.
2 comments:
Gosh these make me miss ya'll! Cory looks great! Bless ya'll and hope to see you soon!
Come on down, the sweet corn is about ready! You guys look like your having fun!
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