And green onions from seed!!! These onions are the best we've ever grown.
On the garden front the very first tomatoes have begun to turn red and the cucumbers are about an inch long. Melons are doing surprisingly well, given the lack of heat, we expect to have enough for everyone to get a taste. Green peppers and celery are doing great, thanks to the black mulch.However because many plants will not set fruit when nighttime temperatures go below 8 degrees, we don't have anywhere the number of melons, squash and cucumbers we would in other years. Some things, like eggplant, never formed fruit at all this year. Last year there was weeks of cucumber salad for every member, this year it'll be more like a cucumber for every member. It's disappointing when we can't deliver on the "peak of the crop" veggies that every one looks forward to.
Despite dire predictions of "global warming", we haven't seen any of that around here in years. The last 3 summers have been getting cooler and cooler if anything. Next year there will be no "hoping" for a good summer. Were planning for another "bummer", and planting accordingly.
Next year we'll be changing our strategy for heat loving plants, growing them in long, unheated greenhouses called hoop houses, or covering the rows with agribond fabric to help keep the heat in. Whatever it takes to get back to decent yeids of curcubits!
In this weeks share:
- Mesclun
- Green Onions
- Carrots
- Golden Beets
- Yellow wax beans
- Kale
- Herbs
- Squash
- Bread
- Eggs
- And a surprise or two
