I will be brief with news from the farm
in order to leave room for our upcoming offers of canning tomatoes and conservation garlic, deliveries of which will be starting shortly.
First, the compressor of our main cold room gave out at exactly 5:15 PM last Friday.
We went into full emergency mode, starting with a frantic call to a neighboring farmer friend whose generosity knows no bounds, followed by the transportation of all our vegetables into his very large cold room late into the evening, and another (not so frantic) call today to my usual refrigeration mechanic, who has promised a new compressor by tomorrow evening. Phew.
Other farm news:
it rained for a good two hours on Sunday – enough to moisten the fields, but not enough to refill the ponds. Still, I will not complain, as more rain is forecast for this week. 🤞
Now, on to our summer offers of Italian tomatoes for your canning needs and
storage garlic for your winter use.
Harvesting of our paste tomatoes will begin in the next few days, and if you enjoy making your own tomato sauce for the winter, this offer might interest you. We will be delivering 20-pound half-bushels of paste tomatoes for $35 starting next week, and we will also be taking orders for storage garlic – for delivery in September – for $30 per kilo.
Corn will be in your baskets again,
as will watermelons or cantaloupes.
You will also find eggplant, tomatoes, cucumbers, summer squash, and – as leafy greens – lettuce and chicory.
We look forward to seeing you all again.