Downtown Harvest CSA

The share for this week will be: Green leaf lettuce, red-skinned turnips, spinach or Swiss chard, choice of arugula, tatsoi, or other mustard greens, red onions, potatoes, choice of beans, peppers, pumpkins, and choice of an herb- dill, cilantro, or parsley.

It’s been a glorious week of sunny weather and mild temperatures. Our fields are finally beginning to dry out although there are still a few wet spots about. While daytime temps have been balmy it is getting chilly at night and clear skies mean strong radiative cooling. Continue reading →

Hi Folks, the share for this week will be: Carrots, potatoes, garlic, spinach, radishes, arugula or broccoli raab, spaghetti squash, green or Napa cabbage, and choice of dill or cilantro.
Now, I guess I spoke too soon last week about dodging a bullet, as the scattered storms of the week brought us another 5 inches of rain. The creek did once again rise and form a lake in the field with the brassicas, drowning a few more plants on the edges of the previous inundation. Continue reading →

The share for this week will be:  Romaine lettuce, string beans, salad turnips, mustard greens, potatoes, shallots or cippolini onions, and butternut squash.

On to the update – We seem to have dodged a bullet this weekend as the heavy rains predicted did not materialize. We received only about a half an inch of precipitation as opposed to the 3-5 inches forecast as possible. We’re not completely out of the woods yet, as there are still a few days of scattered storms and showers ahead. Nevertheless we are grateful for the reprieve. Continue reading →

This week will be one of the leanest of the season, but I expect gradual improvement in the size of the shares in the coming weeks. I will list only those items which I am fairly certain we will have; we will add other items to the shares as availability allows.

The share for this week will be:   Green leaf lettuce, carrots, onions, potatoes, and mustard greens. Continue reading →

The share for this week will be: Leeks, radishes, garlic, beans, potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant and broccoli, or Swiss chard.

The prolonged wet and overcast conditions have also taken their toll on other crops; accelerating the demise of the tomatoes, slowing the production of the peppers, and promoting fungal diseases in a late planting of zucchini and cucumbers. Harvesting has been difficult as my workers sink in the muddy furrows in between the beds and we are unable to machine dig potatoes.  I have been delayed in continuing my fall planting of direct seeded crops such as spinach, mustards, and turnips. Continue reading →

The share for this week will be: Romaine lettuce, carrots, beans, tomatoes, white onions, potatoes, peppers, eggplant and ground cherries.

Now I know you are all anxious to know how the farm fared with Hurricane Irene. I have not been able to write until now because we were without power until Saturday.  While we sustained some damage it could have been much worse, and in deed it was worse for many farms in NJ and especially for New England farmers. Continue reading →

We WILL have a delivery this week! Farmer John called to let us know that he is still without power and water, so he as not been able to send a regular update.    One of his fields flooded, and is now receding, and he is still assessing the impact of the storm on the farm. So we’re not sure what the share will be, but there will be veggies!