What can we say but it is dry out here at the farm!
At present it is a battle to keep the transplants alive with the continuous heat we are having. We do feel a little worried we may have a little dearth in the vegetable production as it becomes a huge battle to keep the transplants alive. We have prepped beds today and have watered the beds this afternoon. We will do so again tomorrow afternoon before we put the transplants out in the evenings when it is cooler. Then we just have to keep everything crossed that the daytime heat does not kill them, but there is only so long we can put off doing this and the long term forcast is not showing any sign of this heat going away!
We do have to say a huge thank you to Linda and Skye for weeding the carrots on Friday and for Jess and Nate for helping to get the garlic dug and cleaned and for several of our members who have offered to bring tankers of water out to the farm. This little farm is feeling the support of it's community this week!
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| Watching the storms roll in while weeding!!! |
This weeks basket:
Lettuce
Kale
Chard
Onions
Garlic
Cucumbers
Potatoes - Treasure these little babies! We dug 100ft of potatoes today and normally the yield from this would last us a good few weeks this year due to the drought we got 64lbs from 100ft! :-(
Beans
Tomatoes - Again this week you will get two tubs. One of hoop house tomatoes and one of field tomatoes
Basil - The basil this year is doing really well, I wish I could say that for the rest of our herbs! This drought has taken its toll on the herb patch and the parsley, sage, chinese leeks and thyme are not doing well at present.
Eggplant
Zucchini
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