What's happening at the farm this week?

In the back field, the pumpkin field was just cultivated and the field prepared for the winter rye cover crop. Some Waltham butternut squash is ready to be harvested.

In the north of cottage field, there's a lot that was ready for harvest this week: mustard greens, carrots, green beans, daikon and green meat radish. Come down to the farm stand to get some!
We also had a group of preschool children learning about harvest visit the field and pick green beans and carrots. They had a fabulous time finding out where their vegetables come from.

Harvesting the back field

Last week, the Boston Area Gleaners picked over a hundred pounds of beans and delivered them to Rosie's Place in Boston. They will return again this week for more beans and some cabbage.

Harvest on July 13

The cabbage, zucchini, cauliflower and turnips are ready for harvest. These are the first of the ripe vegetables.

Time to make some tabbouleh

The parsley has been harvested and is sure to be delicious! The plants were set in the raised bed on May 25 and grew for 6 weeks before being harvested by Scott.

Parsley plants in the raised bed on May 26

Parsley plants on June 8

Parsley plants on June 29

Second harvest

Swiss chard, arugula, and some radishes were harvested today. Yum!

Arugula in the garden on June 23

Harvested arugula on June 29

Radishes in the garden on June 23

Harvested radishes on June 29

cute little radish

First harvest!

The kale planted on May 13 has been harvested and tastes delicious! In its place in the garden bed, Scott planted wax bean 'Dragon's tongue' variety. The bean pods that grow will be cream-colored with purple stripes.

Scott had to reseed the Early Blood turnip due to poor germination. He had originally planted the seeds of this beet a little over three weeks ago. Let's hope the conditions are better this time for the seeds to grow.