Weblog Entry June 16

The online market is open for orders. We have lots of nice tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce. My boys found a few quarts of strawberries that were near ripe. They were very good with the cake. The plants are packed full of green strawberries. I will send an update later this week with the first picking dates. I think it will be either Saturday (June 21 or Monday June 23. The bulk of the strawberries are still dead green- It will be 10-14 days till peak season. All the rain and cool this past week was perfect for strawberries while they are sizing. It gives them time to grow big and sweet better than warm weather does. This is the last week for asparagus. When you come to our farm you are getting some of the finest “No spray” food around. You will also find that some of the headlands, pond banks and edges have not been mowed recently. I do this limited mowing on purpose as part of insect managment. You will also find assorted cover crops. Some of the effect is to provide food and cover for benificials and some of it is working as trap crops for bad bugs. I hope you enjoy some of our fine food this summer. Daniel