"Crops are looking great. Some initial pest pressure is starting to
ease off as the plants are sizing up and able to hold their own for now.
Intermittent rain has helped cut down on irrigation time.
Zukes have set fruits, ancho peppers have set fruit, scallions are
sizing up, kale and chard are almost in full swing.
The fields are about 95% full of crops at this point with just a
bit of space for lettuce and bean successions.
Next week we will have available: parsley, basil, green kale, red
kale, chard, lettuce, radish, beets, beet greens, arugula, and spinach.
We have good crops of dry, shell and fresh beans
germinated. So far, no one is eating them =) A few of the kale on
the orchard end have been nibbled (deer), but nothing serious so far.
Kenn, our new volunteer helped me fix the walk behind tiller and
we were able to till between the crop aisles. The fields are looking
pretty tidy at this point.
I was able to rake up the field that Ray mowed last week and then
collected the hay and used it to hill the potatoes and mulch the kale and chard
rows. Very helpful for weed suppression and moisture conservation.
It would be great to grow a grain crop in the empty portion of the field next
year for this purpose, grain threshing and then use stalks for mulching.
I've been using fish/ kelp emulsion on some of the plants that are
getting plagued by early fungus and pest problems, it seems to be fortifying
them and making them a nice dark green.
I consolidated the compost piles at the hoophouse and turned them
over. It helped to tidy up the front of the hoophouse."
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