Working on spring, in fall

The spring beds are made!  The dry weather has given us time to prepare the soil and shape the beds.  Forty-two beds that are each 180 feet long will give us about a mile and a half to plant.  Once we get some rain and the weeds germinate, we will cover the beds with tarps for the winter.  When the time comes at the end of February, we only have to uncover the beds and get to planting.  It is a relief to have this big chunk of time sensitive work completed.  At some point, wet fall weather will set in.  Once fall rains begin, our soil will stay wet until April, making it impossible to shape for beds for cool weather loving spring vegetables.

Now that the beds are shaped we can turn our attention to sweet potato harvest!  Sweet potato harvest is a big job, and it’s the kind of thing we can always use more hands for.  If you want to come and pitch in anytime next week (weather permitting), please get in touch.  Like bed shaping, digging sweet potatoes needs to be done before the fall rains.  Of course, we don’t know when the soil is going to get and stay wet.  Which always makes early fall just a little nerve wracking.  It’s easier to work with deadline when the deadline itself isn’t a surprise.

The transition from summer to fall continues, and the change is reflected in what is going in the CSA shares.  This is the first week for kale, and the lasts week for tomatoes.  We are harvesting the first of the radishes, too.  It looks like my last ditch carrot attempt had good germination, let’s hope they have enough time to mature.

Small share

• Kale
• Radishes
• Sweet peppers
• Juliet tomatoes
• Slicing tomatoes
• Butternut squash

Full shares

• Kale
• Radishes
• Sweet peppers
• Juliet tomatoes
• Slicing tomatoes
• Okra
• Lettuce mix