We picked for market today many nice veggies! The spinach is so tender that we had to work hard not to break the stems as we bunched them. We have the most amazing little heads of Tom Thumb head lettuce this week for sale. They are tiny butter head lettuces that are just so fantastic (I love to eat them as I pick them - and that isn't true for most lettuces).
The planting in the hoop house began in earnest today! Heni, Josh, Miriam and Wilbur worked hard in the hoop house today to remove any signs of weeds and organic matter to ge the soil ready for planting. The melons were planted around the perimeter of the hoop house and tomatoes are going in the center. Currently, there are 74 tomatoe plants and probably 140 melon plants…. We have many more tomatoes to go and several melon types. There is basil to plant and eventually peppers and eggplant if possible. Watering is fun and something we haven't done for awhile but with the high temps in the hoop house we will need too.
The upstairs in the barn was primed the other day and we are planning on painting it on Sunday. We picked out a red floor paint and a very light blue for the walls.
As I was finishing planting the tomatoes for the day cousing Bob Engle was out tilling up the remainder of the garden! It looks amazing and we will be chomping at the bit to get things planted!
Tom Thompsin, a CSA member, has been out working on the Cub. For those of you who don't know the cub blew a piston and we are working to remove the engine so that it can be prepped for oversize pistons to go in. We've been working in the barn cleaning parts, getting the engine out, and learning how to read a service manual.
