It’s Week 11 of the Summer Farm Share!
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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 August 12th 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?
Watermelons are just coming ready and are so delicious!
The new carrots are gorgeous. The last ones had terrible germination and grew in all sorts of funky octopus shapes. Honestly, it was a little embarrassing to send them out- but they still tasted great and I hope you enjoyed all their little legs.
I also tucked in a half bed of the cuties pictured below. They are Parisian baby carrots and are so lovely roasted, or added to soups or stews.
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We took a break from bok choi but it's back! It's actually lovely cut in half and grilled on the BBQ. Give it a shot.
Cucumbers and zucchini are still going strong. Bell peppers are just a few weeks out and look incredible.
The green beans from our friends at Red Pines Corner Farm in Brussels are delicious and SO ABUNDANT. I can't stop eating them and put about 20# away in the freezer for winter soups.
The cherry tomatoes are doing well, but the slicing tomatoes are not. The plants look very healthy, we've given them much attention and devotion, but the fruit set is poor. It's humbling when things go wrong. We've never had a year without abundant tomatoes, but we might this year. I've foliar fed them with a variety of organic fertilizers that should encourage fruit set. I'm hoping it might give us a late crop.
On the Farm
Nearly all the fall storage crops are in and look incredible. Whenever I'm feeling sad about the tomato situation, I go look at the PERFECT rows of carrots and beets and feel immediately better. This is the thing about farming the way we do, our diversity makes us resilient. One loss will always be met with many wins.
That’s all for now, happy eating until next time,
Farmer Tamara
