It’s Week 7 of the Spring Farm Share!
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Administrative Details
*Just a reminder to return your cooler bags and clips when you pick up your next share :)*
You are getting this email to let you know it’s time to customize your share, you will have until 9:00 p.m. on Monday May 13th to do so.
Here’s a how to file: https://harvie.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/1260802865550-Customizing-Your-Box-
If you run into any issues, please email support@harvie.zendesk.com, you can also reach out to me at firmlyrootedfarm@gmail.com
If you run into issues at your pick-up, please reach out to me at 519 441 1556.
Harvie University
Harvie has excellent help files on all sorts of topics, they call their help file database ‘Harvie University’, you can find it here:
https://harvie.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/115000048773-Harvie-University-Members
What’s in the Box
We are picking asparagus every day. We estimate we'll have about 100 bunches for this share, though the rainy weather can tease out more (or less... predicting these things is really an imperfect science).
Our first bunched beets are ready. We transplanted these back in March, from transplants started in February.
The arugula is BACK, and it's perfect. The salad mix is abundant. Spinach is taking a 1 week break, but next week there will be a huge spinach harvest, and the next few plantings afterwards look great as well.
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On the Farm
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We keep finding salamanders. They are sort of a Firmly Rooted mascot and we love them a lot. We discovered several of these big black spotted ones (pictured above) under a building we were moving, and we've been finding tons of red ones in our pond. We even spotted several of their egg masses full of tiny hatchlings. It's so much fun!
We started packing orders for the seedling sale; pick-up's are this coming week. Don't forget!
We've been clearing and prepping beds in our hoophouses to plant into next week. There are tomatoes, eggplants, ginger and others itching to get planted.
Brian and I walked the fields and firmed up where everything is going. Once we hit frost free it'll be a race to plant zucchini, squash, watermelons, peppers, sweet potatoes, and more! When is frost free you ask? Honestly, I don't know. Typically, people say Victoria day weekend, but of course we've had frost after that. Some Amish growers I know look to the full moon in May; they believe it's only safe to plant once that has passed. I know folks that have been farming in this area for 50 years that tell stories of a July frost! All that to say: look at forecast, watch the trends, hold off as long as you are willing and be prepared to cover things up as needed!
That’s all for now, happy eating until next time,
Farmer Tamara
