- Cabbage
- Zucchini and summer squash
- Cucumbers
- Tomatoes
- Eggplant or green peppers
- Hot peppers
- Potatoes
- Basil
- Herb (thyme or parsley)
- garlic
This week Juvencio worked very hard to clear out all of the spring broccoli and most of the spring cabbage and potatoes. That left me with about 20 beds to put in fall crops. I managed to get in Napa cabbage, several flats of radicchio, lettuce and fall broccoli. I am facing more hot weather this week and wondering what is best, likely I will plant during the cooler Parts of the day and try and get those plants in the ground rather than watering them in the flats. I will try once again to seed beets and carrots, crops that we all love but that are very hard to grow with the weed pressure. We did some soil sampling through our project with OSU and we’re pretty stunned with the results. We are adding more compost as well as feather meal and gypsum in an effort to revive our surprisingly nutrient poor and extremely dry soil. I continue to seed every week thinking about fall and winter. As we pull crops out of the hoop houses I think about what we will plant there for winter. We are hoping to have a good winter season this year as last year honestly was the worst we’ve ever experienced having lost plastic on three greenhouses. We are hopeful with new plastic and soil that received some rain that the production will be markedly improved.
Speaking of winter we are taking sign-ups for the winter season. We will max out at 50 shares and it will be first come first Serve. Winter season works slightly differently. We set a schedule of harvests (12 over the course of the season from November to March). Once in a while weather interferes but we try to stick to the schedule as our Mushroom collaborators are very tied to a schedule. We will start October 31. I will place a sign up sheet in the barn. If you want want to email me as well that is great. Here is a sample of the winter share last year:
Week #1 Winter 2020-21
- Sage or time
- Parsley
- Rutabaga
- Celery or celeriac
- Green peppers
- Onions
- Winter squash
- Escarole and radicchio salad mix
- Potatoes
- Cauliflower or broccoli
- Garlic
Week #6 Winter 2020-21
- Brussels Sprouts
- Cabbage
- Radicchio
- Shallots
- Green onions
- Kale or chard or sprouting broccoli
- Parsley or cilantro
The high tunnel which had our peppers last year and had our Chinese broccoli earlier this spring is in full production with cucurbits. I planted them during the hottest temperatures Oregon has ever experienced and I have a few melons the size of softballs. I planted a safety bed of cucumbers and they’re already starting to produce and likely next week will have at least one cucumber to harvest per plant. Every week after the farmers market when the melons did not sell I took those seedlings and put them into that greenhouse. Hopefully I will have enough to share with our subscribers but surprisingly melons are quite difficult to figure out.
It is almost time to make ratatouille if you have not already tried the zucchini rich version that Luna invented last year. It is worth doing now. I just kept on planting zucchini and this week is no different. We will have a lot of that to enjoy. Another family favorite dish is Shakshuka. Here is a link to that favorite recipe:
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1014721-shakshuka-with-feta
Here is a link to amazing zucchini recipes:
https://themodernproper.com/roasted-zucchini-with-parmesan
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/photos/our-best-zucchini-recipes