July 2010
Wow! We didn’t realize how much fun we have been having … time has really flown by here at the farm.
We have been having a great time seeing friends while selling veggies at the Kelseyville Farmer’s Market since the first of May. We have had 3 solid months of lettuce with this being our last week. The Spring lettuces were Little Gem (a baby Romaine) and Red Oak which did really well in the cooler weather along with Freckles (a speckled Romain) and Black Seed Simpson (a ruffled green leaf). Then as it got warmer we put in the more heat tolerant varieties of Anuenue (a Summer Crisp a lot like Iceberg), Jericho (a Romaine), Mikola( a Red Butter), and Canasta (a Red Batavian).
Seeds of Tomatoes, Cucumbers, and Green beans were all started in the greenhouse for a healthy beginning.
We are just now getting to harvest from our back field (fondly known as BFF, back field forever) some delicious Suyo Long cucumbers (a slightly ribbed, sweet, Asian heirloom) and trialing 4 different varieties of pickling cucumbers.
Squashes and melons were direct sown also in the BFF. We look forward to picking Banana, Spaghetti, Butternut and Hopi Orange squashes in the near future along with Bella Dulce (a crenshaw melon) and Eden’s Gem (similar to a cantaloupe) and Arava (a tropical melon).
Our pumkins are flowering so put in your order for “Personalized” Fall decorations.
Our kiwis are all planted around the gazebo with the seedless grapes.
Kiwi structure and BFF
