CSA, Week 12

Another busy week at the farm; filled with haying, harvesting, weeding, and a thunder storm!
Another 101 square bales in the barn, and another section of hay field mowed down and to be baled in a few days.
Everything is growing well. Tons of tomatoes; I get to make a beautiful sauce every week --Yum!-- with only ingredients that we have grown (peppers, parsley, tomatoes, basil, swiss chard, and onions).
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Vegetable list (subject to change):
Kale
Swiss chard
Beans, French fillet
Beans, Scarlet Runner
Beans, Fortex
Beans, Garden of Eden
Early cabbage
Lettuce heads
Carrots
Beets
Zucchini
Basil
Tomatoes
Green onions
Onions, yellow
Onions, red
Onions, white
Parsley
Peppers, sweet
Peppers, hot
Broccoli
Garlic
Potatoes
Thyme
Peppermint
Sage
Cilantro

CSA, Week 11

We had a thunder storm on Saturday --which was very nice-- and it looked very beautiful rolling in off of the Avon River: clouds that just swallowed the landscape, and bolts of lightening in the distance; followed by a loud crack of thunder.
We have nine ducklings that hatched yesterday. The chicks are doing well, and are growing so fast!
Everything is growing very well. We are thinning the storage beets. All of the pastures are getting clipped.

Vegetable list (subject to change):
Spring turnips

Red Rocket peppers (hot)

Zucchini
Tomatoes
Potatoes
lettuce
Beans, Fortex
Beans, Garden of Eden
Peppers, sweet
Peppers, hot
Beets
Carrots
Beet greens
Onions, white
Onions, yellow
Onions, red
Bok Choy
Kale
Swiss chard
Basil
Cucumbers
Thyme
Garlic
Sage
Peppermint
Parsley

Forrest del Serrano 

CSA, Week 10

Yes, the CSA is half over.

This morning we were protected from the sun by a blanket of fog while we were harvesting. Then it was off to a nearby town to pick up some chicks from the feed mill! Though fluffy and amazingly soft, they are incredibly loud!
We are still in desperate need of rain, and have spent the last couple of nights watering. This has summer has, probably, been the one of warmest summers in Nova Scotia. Shame that it hasn't rained more; it could have been like living in a tropical rain forest!

The market is going quite well this year, and just last Saturday the market hosted an IncrEDIBLE Picnic.

Vegetable list (subject to change):
Bok choy
Swiss Chard
Broccoli
Kale
Onions
Garlic
Radish
Spring Turnips
Mesclun mix
Pole beans
Tomatoes
Potatoes
Peppers, sweet
Peppers, hot
Beets
Carrots
Basil
Peppermint
Parsley
Zucchini
Cucumbers

Pickling cucumbers

CSA, Week 9

We are bush hogging all the overgrown pastures and paddocks. All of the hedges have been clipped. All of the lilies are in bloom. We weed some of the very long cabbage rows every day. The farm, actually, looks relatively nice!
We could still use some rain! Though we got a few good showers last week.
We are busy getting organized for this weekend's IncrEDIBLE Picnic  that the Windsor Farmers' Market is hosting.
The 10 week CSA is half over.

Vegetable list (subject to change):
Tomatoes
Potatoes
Carrots
Beans
Basil
Broccoli
Green onions
Peppers (green), sweet
Peppers, hot
Early cabbage
Lettuce mix
Zucchini
Kale
Swiss chard

Scarlet Runner bean blooms

CSA, Week 7

The gardens are happy that we received some rain yesterday! Hopefully, rain every Tuesday will become a weekly ritual!
The tomatoes are really starting to produce (tomato and cream cheese on toast; yum!); which is very exciting. Almost all of our bean plants are coming in to full production mode at once. The peppers in the greenhouse look great. Hopefully we will have some in a couple weeks.

Vegetable list (subject to change):
Potatoes (CSA only)
Carrots
Beans
Zucchini
Beets
Dill
Peppermint
Parsley
Kale
Swiss chard
Mesclun mix
Tomatoes (CSA Only)
Onions
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Early cabbage

CSA, Week 6

Another busy week on the farm. Our evenings (and sometimes mornings) were filled with watering; though we finally got some rain yesterday, along with a thunderstorm this morning.
The weeds have been growing like crazy; we need to have a weeding party! Anybody interested?
The beans have all started to come on, and we have been picking and eating the first ripe tomatoes!

Vegetable list (subject to change):
Carrots
Beans, green
Beans, yellow
Beets
Zucchini
Mesclun mix
Lettuce
Kale
Swiss chard
Bok choy
Cilantro
Dill
Parsley
Peppermint
Currants

CSA, week 5

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Today I picked our first beans! They are so juicy and fresh. The cherries and currants have started ripening. Our little strawberry patch shall soon be retired for the season.
It has been dry and sunny... so watering every evening begins again.

The pigs have been dining on salad greens every morning for breakfast.

CSA 10 week shares began this week.

Vegetable list (subject to change):
Mesclun mix
Lettuce
Beets
Carrots
Beans
Garlic scapes
Peas
Kale
Swiss chard
Early cabbage
Green onions
Cilantro
Dill
Parsley
Peppermint
Purslane
Broccoli (CSA shareholders only)
Zucchini (CSA shareholders only -limited amount)

We just made some hay today.