Final U-Pik this Saturday and Sunday, Oct13 and 1

May 15, 2011:

This year we have added one new block at the top of our main field, expanding our active growing area by 1/4 acre.  We will plant this block to garlic in the fall, allowing the block to gain organic matter and benefit from various amendments and cover crops over the summer.  In the long term, we will be able to offer more of our most popular crops (tomatoes, garlic, green beans) and add some much needed crops - winter squash and more melons!

And.......we have begun preparations for adding an entire new block of summer raspberries.  Our Taylors are the first berries ripe - in early July - but we only have one block!  This will double the number of pints available to you, our customers.  Planting will happen in early spring of 2012, with the first berries available summer of 2013.

July 4, 2011

First berry pick on Saturday Jul 2, picked out in about 45 minutes.  Many more berries ripe today; picking tomorrow will be very good to excellent.  I picked our first ripe tomatoes yesterday - some cayotes and some black cherries.  Customers will be picking tomatoes in a week or two at the most.  For sale now: kale, swiss chard, garlic scapes, fresh garlic, fancy summer squash, raspberries - all CERTIFIED ORGANIC.

June 10, 2011

The summer berries are looking very good with a heavy set of fruit on the canes.  We have implemented an intensive horticultural program early this spring to help ensure lots of large, well-formed berries.  The plants have never looked better!

The big news is that we are preparing ten (10) new planting strips for another full block of summer berries, to be planted in April 2012.  This will double the summer berry patch and help bridge the time between summer berries and fall berries.