Week #3 Saturday, July 5– Tuesday, July 8, 2008 Downloadable Word .doc for printing

In your bag
Lettuce (green summer crisp, Claremont romaine)
Scallions
Spinach
Red Russian Kale
Beets (the greens are tasty as well)
Broccoli, Cucumbers
Zucchini & Summer squash
Garlic scapes*
Cilantro

*These curly, tasty treats can be cut in 1 inch pieces and sautéed in olive oil for a few minutes until tender. They’ll add a nice, mild garlic flavor to your greens, salad, eggs, etc.

Coming Soon
The cucumbers are just starting. We’ll have round two of sugar snap peas for you next week and kohlrabi as well. We should still have some nice lettuce, more scapes and scallions and it’s likely we’ll have more beets. A little further down the road – but not much- are new potatoes and a head of cabbage.

Art, Entertainment, Relaxation & Laughter
Spring Hill Members, Zoe & Gregg Rochester, invite you to their art show at The Space in New Richmond, WI, this Friday, July 11th – 6-10pm. Gregg is a painter of beautiful landscapes among other things (one of his paintings hangs in our community building) and Zoe does jewelry work using silver, stone, wood and bones. The show, including live music by New Roots Duo, is free and family friendly.
Directions: In New Richmond, follow Hwy 65 to RR station, turn west on High Street, go 1 block, turn left and follow the signs to The Space.

Farm News

It seems like once deliveries begin, we settle into a nice steady pace. That transition has happened. May and early June always feel a bit frenetic but once harvesting begins the weeks have a definite rhythm . It feels good to settle into that rhythm.

We’ve been putting the irrigation equipment to good use this past week. Just a few weeks ago, it seemed like the soil would never dry out and now keeping things irrigated is a part of almost every day. We are very thankful to have pipes which are fairly simple to move, (easy for me to say, since I rarely am the one to move them) and access to water.

In addition to our daily work crew, our Tuesday and Saturday crews have been very helpful in keeping up with the farm work. Kaira, Karlee and Maggie planted our fall broccoli and cauliflower. Denise, Cathy and John transplanted flowers. Todd and Dolores planted fall beets and kale. Nancy, Chester and Elaine weeded the winter squash and Jean, Bernadette & Peg weeded and mulched our strawberry patch which will be ready for picking next year. Many hands – light work!

In the wild life department, we’ve been keeping an eye on a large bull snake which has taken up residence in our compost pile. We’ve had a skunk milling about snacking on turtle eggs. Katie and I had a fox dash in front of the car on our way out the other day. Mike saw a fawn take its first steps. Turkey and (unfortunately) deer are regular visitors to the garden. About 6 weeks ago now, we were woken up in the middle of the night by Sunny, our fearless beagle, and saw a bear walking through the yard. We were able to witness “flight day” for the barn swallows that had taken up residence in our shed. Thank goodness they’re flying now and can start eating some bugs!

Next Week’s Harvesters
Saturday, July 12th - Adam Nelsen, Michael Walsh, Rondi Atkin, Athena Adkins,
Kelly & Anne Taylor, Flo Entzel
Tuesday, July 15th – Hermann Weinlick, Nancy Dilts & Dan Philippon, NEED TWO!!