Greetings, Beausol locavores:
Wow! Where have I been? Now that I am back on the planet, I better quick bring you up to date as to why this email is so late (for which I apologize - all is well, no worries) and get back to work! Our routine experienced (and is experiencing) some disruptions: my beautiful bride, Deb, helped produce another beautiful bride (and handsome groom) this weekend! She officiated the wedding of one of our employees, Brian, and his new wife Danielle. Then we hosted a potluck for neighbors and friends. And we are preparing for the arrival of my youngest beautiful step- daughter and return of her beautiful sister. The former will be joining us for three years of high school and the latter is returning for her last year of high school.
Things should return to "normal".... eventually?
Oh, and we have been very busy in the fields. Farming-wise, we have been a "man down" for a week as Brian was off preparing for and recovering from his nuptials. Mike and I have been busily harvesting, pretty much non-stop: squash, eggplant, peppers, BEANS (Yeah!), okra, tomatoes.... You may be happy to hear that the squash crop is slowing down.
We have been receiving anywhere from a tenth to a half inch of rain EVERY day for the last week. Some crops are loving it, some crops have found the humidity perfect for disease to flourish. The cucurbits are suffering the most with both powdery and downy mildew. The cucumbers are taking it worst. The good news in the cucurbit arena is the melons (cantaloup and muskmelon) are nearing ripeness and the winter squash (spaghetti, butternut, delicata and pumpkins) are sizing up and should begin ripening in a short while in spite of the disease attack. The sweet potato vines are out-competing the weeds, thankfully. Since we got the sweet potatoes in on time I am feeling confident that we will have sweet potatoes for you around Labor Day. Our last planting of summer lettuce is doing very nicely with all the rain. I think we will harvest that for you next week. And the second planting of tomatoes is about to begin ripening... just in time - as the first crop is succumbing to various blights.
Well, that's enough for now, I better get out there and start putting shares together for the Raleighites.
This week the shares will have tomatoes, eggplant, squash, peppers (sweet, Anaheim, and jalapeño), green and yellow snap beans (!), green onions, garlic, okra and herbs (dill, oregano and basil). The flower bouquets will have zinnias, celosia, gomphrena, gladiolas, sunflowers and maybe a couple others. Tuberoses are right around the corner.
See you soon.
Harry
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