Now that we are moving into June and I am done teaching, I’ll be available to help people on Thursday mornings (7:30 to 10:00 a.m.) as well as Monday evenings. We would like a few regulars on Thursdays to help balance out the harvest of certain crops (zucchini, cukes, snap peas etc.). We hope that this schedule will help accommodate those of you who sometimes have conflicts on Mondays.
Other news:
• As I write this, Allenhouse Plumbing is putting the finishing touches on a new water line to the garden. This brings me some peace of mind as the weather starts to get hot and the garden begins to need more water.
• I’ve finally caught up with my planting schedule. However, most of our crops are going to be later than usual. Warm season crops such as tomatoes, beans, zucs and cukes are likely to be three or four weeks yet before we can begin to harvest them and I just planted the last of the potato crop (extremely late).
• Harvestables next week include: Head lettuce, mesclun lettuce, radishes, tiny salad turnips, Swiss Chard, Red Russian Kale, Sugar Snap Peas (just beginning), parsley, cilantro, spinach, chives and probably a couple of other things that I’m forgetting.
• These rains the past couple of days were welcome. These extended cool days of spring help our spring crops (lettuce, spinach etc.) last but are delaying the development of the warmer season crops such as tomatoes, cucumbers and green beans.
• If you eat microwave popcorn I urge you to stop or at least stop feeding it to your children. I heard a truly disturbing account on NPR about the chemicals used to keep the popcorn bags from absorbing the oil and the harmful effects of these chemicals (especially when super heated). I’d be glad to give you a demo on how to make popcorn the old fashioned way if you’ve forgotten or don’t know how.
• Dan Murphy has offered to give a chef’s demonstration at our place this coming Monday the 8th at 7:00 at our place. He is going to show us how to make some vinaigrettes and some different ways that we can use the spring greens.
• We are hosting our annual Summer Solstice gathering at our place on Saturday, June 20th. Please save the date! We’ll have more details coming out soon.