gn More rain on the way Tuesday evening/Wednesday so it seenedxa good idea to make a solid planting push tonight. Started with lettuce mix and basil, then finished with lettuce heads, cilantro, and dill. Hoping we get dry hours in the afternoon to finish the push before moisture arrives. Either way, tonight’s effort should hedge us well in case storms arrive earlier. We’ve received ~9 inches over the past two weeks, and even our well drained soils are a bit saturated. If we get a big hit it would likely mean it will be too wet to plant til Friday/Saturday So the veggie farmers version of make hay when the sun shines > plant when you get a dry window amidst a wet spell.

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Hazy skies at 1PM today

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I spy…

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Tiny watermelon episode two Still with hair…

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Fieldwork and Fireworks before lightning called it a day.

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July 3rd is typically one of our busiest days of the summer (though not measured by $ wise, as tomatoes aren’t in yet)… and despite today’s heat, can confirm we were slammed all day long and sold heaps and heaps veggies. Didn’t keep perfectly accurate records, yet sold 50+ bags of basil for reference alongside heaps of lettuce, cucumbers, summer squash and zucchini. Even cut a few items off the harvest list this AM since I was running solo (gave the crew a holiday), yet still a banger of a day. We’ll see how many folks left their shopping to the last minute and grab veg tomorrow. Another hot one; before the storms roll through. Heat is breaking for the day now and I’ll get a few hours of fieldwork in before shifting gears to harvesting for tomorrow.

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If only the Spined Soldier Bug could control the Colorado Potato Beetle population… alas beetles come in too big of a flush for the lady bugs and soldiers to manage. Still nice to see predation in action. Here on eggplant yesterday.

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Getting a jump on tomorrow’s harvest. These next 8-9 weeks are our busiest marketing weeks of the season as summer residents enjoy the Southcoast. Make hay when the sunshines > sell veg when the customers are abundant. The “fishbowl” looking pretty sweet for the end of June. Most of our fields aren’t easily visible from the road; except for the lower section here. Some years we put a little effort into making it look pretty. This is one of those years.

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Yes Cycle of life eh… Click on quoted cast to see the zoom zoom ladybug larva.

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Do you know your larva? This zoom zoomer was floating on a discarded lettuce leaf in the wash tub this morning.

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Spent the evening planting; trying to take advantage of this cold front (enjoyed the Stanley Cup on the radio of course) We’ll see if these cells make it all the way to the coast. We could use a spot of rain, been back into a summer dry spell. Also checked on the lettuce I planted Thursday evening; which looked a bit wilty midday Saturday. No worries, roots are very much doing their thing. All those are new growth in 72 hours without irrigation. something, something Calcium…

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Charbelle Chard in the running for the most photogenic vegetable. Snuck into today’s blitz harvest as we gear up to cultivate.

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After back to back WHHIP (P) days on the farm, today’s dew point drop is sweet as… When Heat & Humidity Impact Production (& Profitability) - we typically have 5-6 WHHIP days a year on the farm, some summer’s less, last year we had heaps. Basically they’re any day where we need to drastically alter the scope of fieldwork to manage over heating. Thankfully they typically come in batches of 2 or 3, so we can get back on pace easily once the heat or humidity break. We’ll extend shade breaks earlier in the day, push sports drinks and electrolytes, focus on low physical effort tasks during peak heat (yesterday we seeded in the shade by the gh) and take longer lunch breaks. If harvest season is really cranking we’ll sometimes start early, though that is less common, as I can adjust evening work to add harvest hours there. Weekend offers very pleasant if warm conditions for fieldwork. Been a minute since we’ve received a decent rain shower, last one didn’t even push past the zucchini leaves…maybe Sunday evening.

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Someone is gonna get the nicest romaine we’ve grown in maybe a decade this weekend. These are from the block we just started harvesting this morning... One weighed in at 3 pounds after a dip in the wash station. Caesar season on the Southcoast I reckon.

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About a week away from peak Romaine season here on the Southcoast. Green Forest for the W.

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