Hi farm friends!
I am lucky enough to be writing this from my parents' cottage on the French River up north. Rosemary and I and baby-to-be have escaped for some much-needed rest. We've left the farm in the very capable hands of Alex, Tristan, and our farm crew.
They've been working hard planting (I always think it's going to be over, but it never seems to be), prepping beds, and harvesting as usual.
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Pond
One really exciting thing that happened on the farm this week was our new pond being dug! It will be located at the far south end of our field. We're getting some funding from the local conservation authority to have it made. It's primary purpose is to create habitat for various wildlife species. We're pretty excited about the pond - for us, farming is about responsible land stewardship as much as it is about growing vegetables. We want to support and sustain life and ecological systems of all kinds.
What's On This Week
Our garlic and onions are nicely cured now! Store them somewhere cool and dry, and they will last a long time - until the winter if you didn't eat them beforehand. We're adding garlic braids as an extra that you can purchase. They come tied with twine so you can hang them if you'd like (they look great in a kitchen!). These make great gifts also.
We've got cherry tomatoes and tomatoes again this week, radish, the ever-producing scallions, green, purple, and yellow beans, the brave zucchini that keeps soldiering on, and, finally, salad mix again! We're harvesting beets as baby beets this week, since they seem to have given up on growing for as yet unknown reasons. The great thing about baby beets is you don't really have to peel them! Try roasting them whole or putting them on the BBQ. We have eggplant and peppers in very small quantities - peppers especially are a crop we will work to improve on next year!
Coming Up...
Fennel, leeks, more kale, carrots (they're looking hopeful, so we'll see!) head lettuce, kohlrabi, bok choy, fall cauliflower and cabbages and broccoli, maybe even cucumbers (an experiment!), corn (just a wee bit, we grew it more for fun than anything), winter radish, salad turnips, winter squash of all kinds, potatoes.
Fennel in the morning dew Fingers crossed for these carrots
Hope you enjoy your veggies this week!
Your farmers,
Kim and Alex
