This week will be busy.
It will begin with a harvest blitz to prepare our Wednesday and Thursday baskets. As soon as these vegetables are washed and packed, we need to focus on setting up our stalls at the Atwater and Jean Talon markets. From July 5 onwards, that’s where you’ll find us Friday through Sunday until early November.
Every year, the same frenzy takes hold of us,
as we have just a few hours to set up tents, arrange nearly twenty tables, hang banners, find our bearings again, and from Friday morning onwards, resume our weekend market routines, rain or shine.
Fortunately, we are well surrounded,
with our offspring helping with stall setup and loyal employees assisting us in running things smoothly during the season. It helps that the forecast is calling for nice weather for several days…
In this week’s basket:
lettuce and kale, kohlrabi, summer squash, fennel, garlic scapes, broccolini, and more. The cucumber plants are starting to yield their fruit, but not enough to include some in the baskets yet. They will be a new addition to next week’s baskets. I’m also closely monitoring our cold greenhouse dedicated entirely to tomatoes, hoping that 2024 will be our earliest season yet.
We look forward to seeing you all.