This week is going to be intense due to an accumulation of pressing tasks on the farm:
major plantings of fall vegetables (yes, already!), massive weeding of several crops including carrots — the market gardener’s nemesis — all this without forgetting that we also need to continue harvesting everything that is ripe. Since we started farming, every mid-July feels the same — intense and frightening at once — a time when we always find ourselves wondering how we will manage to get through it. But we always do! The good news is that no heatwave is forecasted, and there will be some rain here and there, which will save us an irrigation session or two.
In the baskets, a first taste of real summer vegetables,
especially zucchini, which have finally decided to show up after suffering through the cold of May. The same goes for our cucumbers, which have also finally started producing fruit. To those we will be adding Swiss chard, various lettuces, beans, garlic scapes, Chinese cabbage, and one or two other yet-to-be determined vegetables.
With that, I bid you farewell and look forward to seeing you this weekend.