I lost a fair amount of the fall spinach to the rains when they were tiny seedlings, but those that survived are ready to eat. I’ll start bagging some up today. The same is true for the bok choy. Get em’ while they last!
This Week’s Veggies – Sept. 17th – 21st
Lettuce for the salad mix – ready for cutting
The big news this week is the salad mix. It’s time to start cutting the little lettuces and mixing in the slightly spicy Asian greens to create our delicious salad mix. It’s the spring and fall favorite year after year.
On the flip slide, warm weather summer vegetables such as cucumbers, zucchini, tomatoes, and eggplant are finishing up for the season. Sad as it may be, it had to happen.
Here’s what to expect this week:
Arugula
Beans – green
Beets
Carrots
Chard, Kale, Collards
Cucumbers
Eggplant- just a few
Escarole
Lettuce
Leeks
Peppers -green and red
Hot Peppers
Radishes
Salad mix – yeah!
Scallions
Tomatoes –still have some – mostly plums
Tomatillos
Zucchini/Summer Squash – just a few
Parsley/Cilantro
Flowers – bouquets or cut your own
Hours – Tue. – Fri. 10am-7pm / Sat. 10am-3pm
Maya “helping” me weed the arugula
With temperatures expected to soar over the next few days, I’ll pick the arugula this week even though it’s on the small size. The fall greens, especially arugula, struggle with high temps. Better to eat it small than not at all! If the salad mix makes it through the upcoming heat, it should be ready to cut by the end of the week. Our leeks won’t get to full size by the end of the season, so I’ll begin picking them now at the baby stage. They are tender and delicious when small – a real treat.
Here’s what to expect this week:
Beans – green, and Dragon Tongue
Beets
Carrots
Chard, Kale, Collards
Cucumbers
Eggplant- not much left
Escarole
Lettuce – get them while they last
Leeks
Peppers -green and red
Hot Peppers
Radishes
Salad mix????
Scallions
Tomatoes – sunshine and heat will improve the taste of what’s left
Tomatillos – be adventurous – try some
Zucchini/Summer Squash- coming to the end of these – finally
Parsley/Cilantro
Flowers – bouquets or cut your own
Hours – Tue. – Fri. 10am-7pm / Sat. 10am-3pm
Cherry tomatoes
These cherry tomatoes liked a little sunshine this week!
Here’s a panoramic photo of the spring house today.
Open tomorrow
Hi Friends,
Thanks for all the well wishes. I’m feeling better and will open up tomorrow morning. It appears that a fuzzy black caterpillar might have been the culprit, but I’m not positive about that. After searching around a bit on the internet, I discovered that many fuzzy caterpillars are venomous. Who knew? Anyway, an anaphylactic reaction is no fun. I do not recommend it. I’ll be wearing my gardening gloves a lot more often now and will keep an epi-pen handy. A big thank you to my dear friend Joy who rushed to my aid when called. The Lebanon Township Police, the Rescue Squad and the paramedics did a great job. I am grateful to all of them.
Tomorrow looks like a beautiful day. I’m looking forward to being in the garden. I hope you’ll get a chance to be outside too. And remember, be careful out there!
Emergency closing today, 9/3
Sorry folks! A caterpillar stung Nora on the hand this morning and the swelling would not stop. She is down at the emergency room now and making a rapid recovery after getting antihistamines and steroids intravenously. We don’t know when she will be back home, so its probably safer to come tomorrow.
We will post again today if she is ready to go this afternoon or feel free to call her sometime after 1pm.
– Mark
This Week’s Veggies – Sept. 3rd – 7th
Happy Labor Day to all! Maybe the rain kept you from laboring much today like it did me. When it finally stopped and I trudged outside to get a little work done, I wasn’t sure if I had stepped into a garden or a swamp.
As I pulled some amazingly adaptable weeds from around the delicate fall seedlings, I imagined that an invisible bulls eye had been hovering over the garden all season with every passing storm cloud zeroing in on it, releasing it’s moisture and moving on. The young spinach planting has been underwater more than once since it germinated a couple of weeks ago. We’ll need some drier conditions to get it from the ground to our tables.
Nature hasn’t always worked in favor of the garden this year, but it’s still been a fascinating privilege to watch it work up close.
Table ready escarole
Here’s what to expect this week:
Beans – green, and Dragon Tongue
Beets
Carrots
Chard, Kale, Collards
Cucumbers
Eggplant- not much left
Escarole
Lettuce – get them while they last
Peppers – green and possibly a few red ones
Hot Peppers
Scallions
Tomatoes – today’s rain is pretty much the nail in the coffin for the tomatoes. There will only be a few
Tomatillos – Not too many of these
Zucchini/Summer Squash
Parsley/Cilantro
Flowers – bouquets or cut your own
Hours – Tue. – Fri. 10am-7pm / Sat. 10am-3pm
This Week’s Veggies – Aug. 27th – 31st
This basil is just begging to be made into a nice batch of pesto.
This is a big week for plum tomatoes. They make a yummy sauce. To encourage some sauce making, I’m running a tomato special this week. Purchase two pounds of tomatoes (any kind) at the regular price, then any more are half-price.
Here’s what to expect this week:
Beans – green, romano, yellow, and Dragon Tongue
Beets
Carrots
Chard, Kale, Collards
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Fennel- one or two left
Lettuce – a few will be ready by the end of the week
Peppers – green and possibly a few red ones
Hot Peppers
Radicchio – one or two left
Scallions
Tomatoes – Heirlooms, beefsteaks, plums, cherries and more
Zucchini/Summer Squash
Basil/Parsley
Flowers – bouquets or cut your own
Hours – Tue. – Fri. 10am-7pm / Sat. 10am-3pm
Fall is on the way
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve seeded or planted all the fall crops. Everything is doing nicely and we should have some radishes and head lettuce in another week or two. If all goes well, we can look forward to arugula, salad mix, spinach, broccoli, escarole, and those adorable white salad turnips. Cool temperatures will work in our favor as the greens love it nice and cool. The enemy this year has been wet soil. It’s stayed wet most of the season, drying out for only a few days here and there. The goal has been to stay one step ahead of the disease that the wet soil brings. I’ve been successful with many of the crops. With other crops, not so much. Most of the home gardeners out there know exactly what I mean. It’s been a tough season overall, but it’s not over yet. Let’s see what the fall brings.
Right now, the flowers are stunning. Here are some bouquets I cut this morning.
This Weeks Veggies – Aug. 20th – 24th
Patty pan or scalloped squash. Cute, sweet and tasty. Try some.
It seems the fall-like weather we’ve been having all through August is going to take a little break with some “real” summer temperatures coming our way over the next few days. As pleasant as it’s been working the garden in such cool weather, I have to admit that eating ripe, juicy tomatoes with a light jacket on just doesn’t feel right somehow.
So, uncover your arms and enjoy some tomatoes as nature intended, with a little warm juice dribbling down your chin!
Here’s what to expect:
Beans – green, romano, yellow wax, and Dragon Tongue
Beets
Carrots
Chard, Kale, Collards
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Fennel- I only plant a few bulb each year and they’re ready now.
Peppers – green and possibly a few red ones
Hot Peppers
Radicchio – just a couple of these
Scallions
Tomatoes – Heirlooms, beefsteaks, plums, cherries and more
Zucchini/Summer Squash
Basil/Parsley/Cilantro
Flowers – bouquets or cut your own
Hours – Tue. – Fri. 10am-7pm / Sat. 10am-3pm
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