It was a fun and productive week with amazing weather. Saturday I went to the Charles County Fair and met a few local farmers and saw the prize winning pumpkin...
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| Charles County's blue ribbon pumpkin |
Then last weekend I attended the
Mother Earth News Fair where among lots of other things I got to sample a few tomato varieties and found some that I would like to try next year.
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| Joel Salatin |
I also got to see Joel Salatin of
Polyface Farms give a talk on facing your fears as a a new farmer. He suggests just jumping off the cliff, that will give you all the momentum you need...
Harvest
In the harvest bins this week: Romaine and Red Sails Lettuce, Red Ace and Guardsmark Beets, Watermelon Radishes, Basil, Purslane, Lemon Grass, Arugula, Rainbow Chard, Green Beans, a handful of tomatoes, Red Russian Kale, and Tomatillos.
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| Romaine Lettuce |
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| Red Ace Beets and Red Sails Lettuce |
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| Watermelon Radish |
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| Sweet Thai Basil and Purple Basil |
Production and Distribution
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| Watermelon Radishes get bunched and washed outside |
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| Lemon Grass |
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| Lemon Grass gets peeled and the tops cut off |
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| Purslane gets rinsed and drips dry |
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| Purslane and Lemon Grass ready to go |
Cultivation and Maintenance
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| Red Sails Lettuce and Purslane |
Weeding, weeding, weeding... Although Purslane is technically a weed I have been weeding around it to let it grow so that I can harvest it for Chef Del at
Logan Tavern.
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| Baby Arugula coming up |
It was a pretty dry week so I had to irrigate the new plantings and transplants.
I am getting a new field started for next year and our neighbor came by and plowed it for me this week.
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| New field just plowed |
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| Another angle of the new field |
Eating Well
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| Savory and delicious Shrimp & Scallops over wild mushroom risotto w/ Eatwell farm heirloom tomatoes at Grillfish |
Puddy Time
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| Tilford spent some time with us at the farm |
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| Bein cute. |
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| This is how they ride in the truck to work |
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| Baby Alpaca at Mother Earth |
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