photo: Ulla Kjarval
Letter from the farm:
What a lovely summer selection of produce we have this week! Green beans, red tomatoes, baby watermelon. The summer crops have been a bit behind schedule due to the cold and rainy start to the season, but they’re coming in now, so enjoy!
The red tomatoes need to ripen for a few days on the counter until they reach a uniform, deep red. Please be sure to wash the tomatoes before eating. We have been spraying them with an organically-approved copper spray to protect against late blight infection. The copper spray will wash off with a little soap and water.
We are thankful for all of the rain! It allowed us a few days to slow down (just a bit) and gave the plants a much needed drink. We are thrilled to report that none of our fields flooded — meaning that we are doing a good job of keep the soil porous and non-compacted. We have a new tool that we’re using this season to help loosen the soil several feet under the ground! Most tools can loosen the soil down several inches, but the deeper you can get the better. It takes a powerful tractor and a powerful tool to do this work and this is the first year we’ve been set up to use it.
Maggie
Vegetable Share
Eggplant, 1 piece
Sungold Cherry Tomatoes, 1/2 lb.
Long Green Peppers, 2 pieces
Bell Pepper, 2 pieces
Red Tomatoes, 2 pieces
Green Beans, 1 bag
Baby Watermelon, 1 piece
Walla Walla or Red Onions, 1 quart
Fruit Share
White Peaches – 1 bag (gentle! they bruise easily)
Yellow Peaches – 1 bag
Herb Share
tbd
Garlic Share
Garlic
Lewis Waite Farms
This is a LWF pick-up week.
If you missed last week’s deadline for LWF, you can place you order now for the next delivery.
*As always, please keep in mind that the list is subject to change, depending on what’s going on at the farm.