Posts from August, 2009

Farm Share Info for August 25

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
I guess I should feel glad that my early pessimism is coming back to bite me in the butt. Our tomatoes are still going (not groing strong, but at least going), our some of our onions might turn out decent, we might have a few winter squashes after all and — best of all — … Continue reading »

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Farm Share Info for August 18

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Perhaps it’s this beautiful weather, but I feel like things are going great. Late blight is definitely killing our tomatoes, but this hot, dry weather slows it down so that we can still harvest fruit. Our potatoes are all dead now, but they were happy potatoes before they died and, as such, we’ve got a … Continue reading »

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Farm Share Info for August 11

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
We harvested most of our garlic this week. Perhaps a week behind schedule, but considering the rest of this season, that’s practically 3 weeks ahead of schedule. It looked good — healthy — and there’s a lot of it. We also found out that our potatoes — not the plants, but the actual spuds — … Continue reading »

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Eggs

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Today was our first day to distribute egg shares. We’ve been getting eggs from the hens for only about a month now, so we’re still figuring out how best to handle everything. Please let us know how we’re doing and how we might improve. You’ll notice that the eggs range in sizes. The smallest of … Continue reading »

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Farm Share Info for August 4

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
I must be starting to sound like Chicken Little, but it seems like the bad news just keeps coming. On Sunday we found late blight in our potatoes. I’m not 100% certain that it’s late blight, but there are few diseases of potatoes and tomatoes that can decimate crops as quickly as late blight can … Continue reading »

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