Someone asked, by text this week: have you finished your planting?
Another: Is it harvest time yet?
We plant every single week here at the farm, and although it's week 9 of our farm membership this week, it is summer, and crops are starting to roll in. I'm not sure how many hours yet -- (don't forget, we are still new at this game)-- we have of staking and trellising this weekend, but it was 20 hours (at least) to get our cucumbers pruned and trellised this week and, in addition to the last tractor cultivation and hand-weeding, and our fall crop ground finished, we are staking and trellising like mad here - mostly tomatoes and peppers, but other crops too.
We could barely fit the harvest in the truck this morning and, thanks to some better cashflow and help from a supporter, we finally have some of our direct trade coffee. I roasted 15 pounds yesterday.
And we have family in town. Some come see us at market. If you can't make it, the farmstore should be loaded by 2pm, and throughout the weekend. Take a look at that harvest sheet above, it's pretty impressive, even for us, and we couldn't do it without your support.
With love and admiration,
Noah, Mary, Erin, SweetRoot.
