“Why do farmers farm, given their economic adversities on top of the many frustrations and difficulties normal to farming? And always the answer is: "Love. They must do it for love." Farmers farm for the love of farming. They love to watch and nurture the growth of plants. They love to live in the presence of animals. They love to work outdoors. They love the weather, maybe even when it is making them miserable. They love to live where they work and to work where they live."- Wendell Berry
This Week
We have a great share for you this week! All of the yellow and purple carrots were harvested this week, so we look forward to sending out orange, purple, and yellow bundles for the rest of the farm share season. We cropped out the remaining kohlrabi, so this is the last week they will come in a bundle with greens still attached. We harvested the second succession for cabbage. Some are on the smaller side, so we will include two in some orders. Green beans are back! This variety is called "Goldilocks" and they are a yellow snap bean. It looks great on a plate and is much easier to harvest that normal green beans, because of their ease to spot. This will be the first week for tomatoes. We are sourcing these from Thompson's farm and picking them up when we grab the peaches on Saturday. The peaches have been such a big hit that we will continue making them available for all shares each week for the rest of the season. We harvested a lot of broccolini, and with this next coming heat wave, it might be the last of the season.
Next Week
This will most likely be the last week for potatoes. We added lots of new farm share members in the past month, but we planted potatoes in February. I hope y'all really enjoyed the Yukon golds. This was our first season to ever grow that variety and it will for sure not be our last! We have increased our microgreen production to make up for the lack of salad mix. We might have to leave arugula out if our next succession isn't of harvestable size, but it grows really fast this time of year. We will continue with peaches and tomatoes, and if the weather is good and we get some rain, then we will offer chanterelle mushrooms when available. We plan to dry and jar a lot this season as well!
Farm Update
This week was a bit out of the ordinary, because we had an amazing volunteer help us from Monday-Saturday. Bria is an instructor at Texas Tech, and is also pursuing her masters in creative writing. She traded her work for the experience of working and running a farm. It was great to talk with her and tell her the story and philosophy behind why we started Current Farms. She is going to use her time here to inspire poems and essays for her thesis. She helped us plant thousands of seeds, we harvested nearly every day, washed a lot of veg, and she joined Tuna for our home deliveries.
