Lettuce Rejoice! July 4, 2024 - Week 5 Summer Farm Share

It’s Week 5 of the Summer Farm Share!

Administrative Details

*Please remember to return your cooler bags and clips:)*

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 July 1st 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?

The snap peas are sweet and plentiful, I suspect we'll have shelling peas in a week or so.  The zucchini is coming on strong and the cucumbers have recovered from the extreme heat we had mid-month.  The carrots are dainty and oh-so-sweet. 

The first handful of cherry tomatoes are ripe.

The heat pushed what should have been two weeks of broccoli into all coming ready last week, and I believe it also made for small cauliflower heads.  Oh well, such is farming.  

On the Farm

We've been seeding our fall crops in the greenhouse over the last two weeks and will continue to do so for the next month or so.  I'm always shocked to find myself here, starting the slide into the next season. 

All of the major summer crops are planted: the sweet potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant and peppers, as well as the melons.  We'll put in one last round of zucchini and cucumber, and then it'll be all about brassica's (cauliflower, broccoli, kale, kohlrabi, etc.), and massive storage plantings of root vegetables. 

Brian's been working hard to stay ahead in the field by prepping beds at least two weeks ahead of planting and giving the weeds a chance to grow and then be terminated before we seed or transplant.  When we pull it off, the weed pressue is so low it's almost magic.  

That’s all for now, happy eating until next time,

Farmer Tamara