We are starting to harvest our favorite pole bean, Musica, this week. It's a tender Romano type, and as you can see we are going to need ladders. We also have some greenhouse tomatoes. We titled those "Farmer's Choice", which means for the time being we are going to choose which varieties go in your box. We are starting to harvest cucumbers as well, but for all of the above we have only a limited amount right now. You can expect more of those later in the season. This was a big week at the farm. We got our final planting of tomatoes/peppers/eggplant in, we got our first planting of tomatoes tied and mulched, we got the cover crop on our carrot fields tilled in, and did a fair amount of weeding. We want to thank everyone who has been buying donation boxes! Rey Dalitto delivered arugula, cilantro, braising mix, salad mix, head lettuce, turnips, kohlrabi, broccoli and kale to the Northeast Community Fund in Decatur. Stay cool everyone and eat greens!
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Farm Happenings for June 24, 2020: Hints of Summer
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At Blue Moon Farm, our goal is simple: Produce the most beautiful, best tasting produce possible using only organic methods. Our 20-acre organic vegetable farm located 10 miles north of Champaign-Urbana grows quality produce for Urbana's farmer's market, grocery stores, our CSA, and local restaurants. We are committed to the collective project of implementing farming practices that promote the health and well-being of the land we grow on and the people who eat our food. Buying locally leads to more accountability between the farmer and the eater and that relationship is important to us.
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