Farm Life Vegetables and Berries

Garlic Et Cetera

As you may surmise from the tardiness of this weekly missive, we had a full weekend and the week is off to a riotous start. Indeed, we spent all of Saturday and Sunday harvesting our 2017 garlic crop, a vintage, if I may be so bold, the likes of which we have not seen in quite some time. The bulbs are beautiful to behold, with little to no trace of disease…and they were surprisingly easy to uproot. Why so this year compared to others? Who knows. It may be the combination of a mild winter, abundant precipitations and just enough sun at exactly the right time. As in past years, we have grown two varieties for you : Music, aka the iconic ail du Québec – plump, pleasantly garlicky and easy to cook; and our Ukrainian garlic, a smaller varietal with a bit more bite. We’ll introduce you to both in coming weeks. As before, we will let you know in due course, probably by mid-August, how and when to place your orders for your winter garlic supplies.

Our eggplants are coming in, and are pepper plants are finally yielding too. We’re undecided re corn this week, we’ll see what happens over the next couple of days. And as for our tomatoes, well…they’re still playing hard to get, just barely blushing. So far, 2017 has definitely NOT been the year of the tomato. But that may change…as plants laden with fruit finally respond to the sun’s advances. Meanwhile, we look forward to seeing you all again.

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