The Harvest Patch

This rain on and of with heat in between sure has been wonderful for the crops… The cabbage is looking wonderful and growing strong…

However it is this lettuce that has blown me away… Are you looking forward to making farm fresh salads?

These beautiful rows are now all filled with tomatoes and sweet pepper plants… I was so tired when we got done I forgot to take a after picture… so enjoy the before…..

Tomato Varieties Planted

- Big Boy – Early Girl – Glamor – Lemon Boy- Sweet Cherry- Roma-  Jet Star

Sweet Red, Yellow, and Green Bell Peppers Planted too

This weekend brings the Harvest Patch crew much work in preparing the fields and planting veggies…. Joe plated sweet corn and ornamental corn seed last night…. He has the discs all hooked to the tractor to make trenches to hand plant the potatoes today… On Sunday the arrival of 48 flats of vegetables with 48 plants in each flat means we need to get 2,304 little baby plants hand transplanted into the soil….

If you do not have big plans for your Sunday and want to make the short drive out to the farm after 2 pm, we will be there planting, feel free to come get your hands dirty with us!!

Cabbages already tucked into the soil, growing strong

Hey I am under here just playing with my basket of toys while you guys work hard getting dirty!

     There sure are many  plants to get in the ground… We did most of this work last weekend, when the weather was so beautiful and warm…. and here is little A on the wagon full of plants, all hardworking Harvest Patch ladies wear pink Tu-tus to plant veggies… There are leeks to the right, Brussels sprouts and kohlrabi behind her…

A shot with a shadow…. we have Romaine, buttercruch, and head lettuces planted here… and a full wagon of cold crops ready to get in the ground…

Many Many rows (John is standing in the end off the rows you can’t see them all in this photo) of Purple, Early, Late, and Market Prize Cabbages getting a little drink of water from John… take note of the beautiful plowed earth in the back of the pictures, all areas waiting to grow beautiful  vegetables for our CSA members

There is nothing better then the feel of mud squishing under my yellow rubber boots, and the sweet smell of sap ready to be boiled, on a crisp yet sunny Spring day…

Joe getting a feel for the sap, testing the sugar content…

Tools all lined up, easier to find the one you need

The Filter to make sure the syrup is as clean as clean can be before it gets bottled up….

Look at that beautiful Syrup in test batch bottles…

Fresh Maple Syrup for Sale… Email Ashley to order some available in pints, quarts and gallons right now