Okra Teased Us.

The yellow squash, tomatoes and peppers are still pouring out of the field.  The okra teased us with a few flowers but I think now that we are back into the hot weather it should really take off.  The plants look very healthy so once it starts producing I am expecting an abundant crop.  We took advantage of the drizzly weather last week to transplant the last round of tomatoes, eggplant,  cantaloupe, and some pie pumpkins!  We’ve also planted several beds of beans.  We didn’t have enough in June to put in the shares so I’m doing my best to make sure that we have plenty for fall.   In addition to getting the last of our “summer” crops in the ground, we are busily seeding fall crops.  On the list for seeding today is fennel, celery, bok choy, broccoli, rutabaga and rainbow chard.  It is hard to believe that it’s time to plant cool weather crops when it’s so hot, and we wont be harvesting rutabaga until the freezing days of November.   But the days are already noticeably shorter so fall must be on the way.

For fear of jinxing myself, the armyworms seem to be at normal levels.  We’ve caught some moths in the pheromone traps, and we have seen some clusters of baby caterpillars in the tomatoes, but the terrific bloom I had feared has not materialized.   Which is a huge relief.  But I’m not about to let my guard down!  Scouting for pests and pest damage is an important part of our pest control strategy.  We always are on the lookout whenever we are trellising, or weeding, or picking the tomatoes.

Small Shares

• yellow squash
• zucchini
• cucumber
• paste tomato
• slicing tomato
• sweet peppers

Full Shares

• yellow squash
• zucchini
• cucumber
• cherry tomato
• slicing tomato
• sweet peppers
• red potatoes