Scenes from the farm from last 48 hrs.. lettuce harvest continues to crank. We typically sell 80-100 heads per day in the peak summer months. These are Muir & Magenta; heat tolerant “French summer crisps or Batavian heads” Keep em fresh using wet burlap - which allows for evaporative cooling to maintain quality. Sunshine kabocha coloring up for September harvest. Ended the day with an evening transplant session; setting ~1500 heads in the ground for harvest in late September.

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Almost done for the day… last push still required; time of day where it’s dangerous to sit down for too long: less inertia gets zapped spotted these birdies in our Juliet tomato patch this afternoon

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Sometimes we grow pretty things… tomatoes.

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Here’s the video. For full experience

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Flail Mower good tech. Flipped these beds after mowing this afternoon: forgot to take shots post tillage, will tomorrow. Working up the final dozen beds that we haven’t planted this year; some will be quickly worked again next week and planted; others setting up for later in the month.

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Onion season arriving on the Southcoast. 2026 onion crop won’t be a top performer for us; yet should offer a steady harvest and sales into the fall. These are Monastrell, a slower cousin to Cabernet. Solid red we sell primarily as a fresh onion. We don’t clean them up, just for this photo shoot. Too much work during crunch time of August. We’ll aim to work through this bed over the next couple of weeks; while also pulling our “storage” varieties to cure in a fieldhouse for September & October.

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Turkeys on the go… this flock hasn’t really ventured into our fields this season; yet since this field is slated to be planted this week; felt it was worth the time to shoo them away. Guess they’re not fans of the All In podcast…

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Go big or go home scallion edition Parade

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Told my wife, aiming for midnight. On the dot… well it was when I turned the truck on at least. Busy night tucking next round of plants on before this week’s rain. Hope we stay dry into the evening tomorrow so we can get the rest of this week’s transplanting done. Came home to fresh baked cookies one of the kids baked so that’s two Ws

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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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