Crop News and CSA Pick-Up for June 8th-14th

Hello CSA Members!

So the first week of pick ups are behind us and we have learned a lot. I hope that you all are enjoying your first share of food from the farm. We had two varieties of carrots that we over wintered from last year. Sugar Snax and Balaro. We found that some of the Sugar snax had gotten woody in the middle while the Balaro seemed to still be good eating. Next year we will just put Balaro in the ground for over winter to get a better quality carrot. In other news it seems that our broccoli will be a month latter then we wanted it to be. Our first planting is infected with cabbage root maggot. These flies lay their eggs in the ground and the maggots eat the roots clean off the plants. Treatment calls for a soil drench of Lorzban. I have read the label for Lorzban on-line and have decided that I do not want to put that on my crops or expose myself, family, you...ect to it (nasty stuff). So we are going to let that planting die. So far so good for the next planting, we will keep you posted.

On a better note I thought the Bok-choi came out great! Only a few holes on it and we sprayed nothing on them. Just covered with a light cotton row fabric. We have so many crops that look better then I have seen in years. I am looking forward to watching the year unfold.

Sunday June 8^th to Saturday June 14^th Share information

2 Heads of Lettuce

1 bunch of chard

1 Greenhouse tomatoes

2lbs of potatoes

The week of June 15^th should bring us into strawberry season! And we hope to be able to give everyone an extra tomatoes that week as well. Bok-Choi has taken a week of to give the planting time to size but with any kind of luck it will be back next week. Every one wants to know when first corn is happening. All I can say is we will be the first in the area with it as far as I know. As for a date, dare I hope for the first or second week of July? New potatoes, and peas will be out before the end of the month.

Everyone please enjoy and let me know how you think its going and how we can improve. We keep a notebook of things that we can do better, and we'll all get the chance to talk about it at the end of the year. I know I have my wish list so you've got to have yours!

Thank you

Andre