Hello everyone,
As you may have guessed from the lack of updates, we’ve been busy around here!
I find I am more of a reader than a writer; once darkness falls and the baby is in bed it is more tempting to read and relax than to update the blog. However, I’ll try to do better – in the meantime here’s a brief update about our life at SBG…
-Nearly all the transplants are in the ground, yahoo! Thanks to Colin and Mira (CSA members), Johan, Pam, Lynda and Debby, we have planted thousands of transplants this year (300 tomatoes), more than ever before. We’ve been mostly a direct-seeding operation but with the CSA it’s important to expand our range of veggies. Everything looks green and happy, and I’m happy that we don’t need to water trays anymore.
-We haven’t had to water much of anything. It is as though May was mixed up with June – June was very rainy while May was hot and sunny. I wonder what July will bring??
Tomato transplanting
-All is well in the field. With the rain, we’ve seen high weed pressure. Really quite severe and very frusterating- corn spurry, chickweed, hemp nettle, ugh! I would plan to spend an afternoon weeding and end up chucking my hoe across the field and storm away muttering. Nevertheless, the lettuce continued to grow and after a few focused sessions the crop is ahead of the weeds in most spots. We’ve been OK for pests (knock on wood), with some flea beetle, aphids, and slugs – but nothing we can’t handle!
-There are tiny tomatoes on the Latah and Stupice, and wee little zucchini too.
-We’re officially Certified Organic (by EcoCert) – more on this soon!
-Five CSA deliveries for our Club SBG are done. Last week’s delivery had garlic scapes, swiss chard, sugar snap peas, podding radish, edible flowers and a large bag of salad, of course. We love interacting with our great customers – below is a shot of one of the pick-ups (with Ollie’s new friends/fan club)!
Drop off at the Belgravia B&B
