Dear KCSA community,
Not too much to report since last week's newsletter. We have survived the rain and overcast weather and are looking forward to some sun and cooler temperatures this week. Hopefully the ground will dry out soon! We should still have time to direct sow our fall turnips, radishes, carrots, beans, beets and spinach if conditions remain favorable this week!
We are also getting ready to transplant our fall bok choy, mustard greens, arugula, napa cabbage and kohlrabi. We are on to our last landscape-orientated, letter-sized page in our sowing schedule. There are "officially" only three sowings left! From our perspective, the last sowing of the season is always bitter sweet.
WHAT'S IN THE SHARES THIS WEEK!
LETTUCE, SWISS CHARD, DANDELION, PARSLEY, ZUCCHINI, CELERY, GARLIC, COLLARDS, EGGPLANT, ONIONS, PEPPERS, TOMATOES, CUCUMBER, & SUMMER SQUASH
U-PICK:
CHERRY TOMATOES, HOT PEPPERS, SHISHITO PEPPERS, TOMATILLOS, GROUND CHERRIES, FLOWERS, HERBS, & BASIL.
We are past peak tomato season now, but we are right in the midst of peak pepper season. The Sullivan Pepper plants are loaded (although we just harvest over a thousand of them today!)
There remains plenty of cherry tomatoes and hot peppers out their for u-pick. The basil is still hanging in there as well!
There are labels for the hot peppers out in the field as we don't want members to spoil their dinner with the accidental addition of a ghost pepper! Our hot pepper identification guide is also on our website.
It has been a great harvest season thus far and, weather permitting, this should continue into the fall. Over the next couple of weeks, members will notice a lull in the greens that are available. We believe, though, that the last 12 weeks of harvest and all the current summer goodies make up the difference!
See you at the pick up shed.
Andrew
