We are excited to have an experienced crew back on the farm for full days, as preparations for the regular season are ramping up. Last week we seeded our first successions of carrots, beets, spinach and peas out in the field, and we continue to prepare fields for more direct seeding successions, as well as for the transplanting of leeks, onions, cabbage and lettuce beginning next week!
A combination of cold damage and vole damage means that we are taking this week off from harvesting high tunnel crops. We had hoped to be harvesting high tunnel spinach this week - we had a beautiful stand of seedlings popping up when we pulled our covering off in mid February. After admiring the greenery, we covered the spinach seedlings up again to protect from the cold, but when we pulled our row cover off a week later to check again, we found that voles had eaten almost the entire planting! We also had an extreme cold snap in the last week of March that impacted the growth of our last succession of arugula. The arugula seems to have mostly recovered, but it just means that early next week will be a better time for us to harvest it. Fortunately, it looks like our high tunnel radishes and our second succession of pea shoots will also be ready next week, and we’re crossing our fingers that some of the fancy daffodils will bloom soon. We are planning to offer pre-orders for pick-up on Tuesday April 19th, with orders opening on Monday. Look for an email Monday morning with details!