Week 10 August 26th

The ground is dry; I disced in the finished areas of the garden and clouds of dust formed in the tractors wake. I bought oats to seed in as a cover crop, but yesterday’s rain prediction slowly disappeared throughout the day. The oats will have to wait, there is not enough moisture in the soil right now for them to germinate, and although they would sit patiently buried in dirt waiting for water, the crows like to walk around picking out the seeds as a snack. We direct seeded some fall greens where the onions came out next to the greenhouse and watered them in with a sprinkler. Joni and Joyce helped me, and we were all covered in a fine layer of brown dirt when we were done. Once they are up, they will be irrigated on drip tape like everything else. Fall greens in trays are looking strong, and likely we will have to begin pulling some tomatoes out to make room. I’m never quite ready to pull the tomatoes, but the greens need enough time growing in the ground before the light disappears and everything freezes.

Please choose 8 items

• Green Cabbage

• Kale

• Carrots

• Red Onions

• Squash/Zucchini

• Cukes

• Celery

• Head lettuce

• Yellow Potatoes

• Sungolds

• Heirloom Tomatoes

• Fennel

• Eggplant

• Sweet Peppers

• Jalapeños