We’ve worked hard this week. There’s a window of time right about now – the end of June/beginning of July - where it’s critical to get on top of things. Very soon peas, beans, cucumbers, zucchini and garlic will be taking over our lives (harvesting in other words) and if we’re not on top of our cultivations at that point, it’s hard to play catch-up. With that in mind, we’ve worked hard to get the various sections of the garden set. The potatoes have been cultivated and hilled. The garlic and onions patches have been weeded. Our hoop houses are set now so they will need just a quick weekly trellis and a bit of weeding. We still need to roll out a few more round bales for mulch between rows, get some transplanting done and weed the parsnips and I think we’ll be in good shape.

The strawberry patch that was so diligently weeded at our spring work day has been giving us strawberries! Last Tuesday’s harvesters each went home with 4 pints and our work crew had strawberry pie one day and ice cream with strawberries the next! I don’t know how long they’ll last but anyone harvesting in the next little while will likely be taking home berries. It’s a wonderful thing.

Like you, no doubt, we’ve been eating lots of greens and lots of salads. Last night we had a pizza with spinach & garlic scapes, the previous night we had a steak from Dancing Oak Farm with a Spring Hill salad. We’ve been sauteing the broccoli raab and other greens with the turnips. It is so nice to be eating fresh again!

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