1,762 pounds Harvest Past 2 Weeks ! ! !

The Harvest Is Now In Full Swing

Each day we arrive at the farm our first

order of business is the harvesting and washing

of the vegetables, load them into crates

for delivery to the Storehouse that day.

  Then as time permits and volunteers, we weed.

Our Summer Squash is tied up on rebar and they are beginning to look

like "palm trees".  The squash is easier to pick and the plants

grow better because all the nourishment isn't going to the big

leaves, but rather to the squash.

Romaine Lettuce in crates on the truck awaiting

shipping to the Storehouse.  So far this season

we have harvested 1,000 pounds of

Romaine Lettuce.

Last Saturday I chose to weed these squash

plants.  Note in the picture above all the weeds.

We marked the plants with sticks which were

sprayed "bright orange".  To the right

we placed weed block to help with the 

weed control.  It is working in this area.

The above picture shows all the weeds have

been pulled and now the plants can "breath" and

begin to grow.  For the present, we just throw

the weeds onto the weed block and let them

dry and then pick them up.  The weeding

goes faster this way, instead of putting them in

buckets and hauling them to the garbage bin.

We are trying to conserve energy for ourselves.

Above is broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower.

Our Broccoli and Cabbage have done very

well.  So Far this year we have harvested

909 pounds of Cabbage and 100 pounds of

Broccoli.  

The cucumbers continue to grow up the strings

held up by rebar.  The cucumbers are just

beginning to produce.  So far this year we

have picked 112 pounds.

Another method we are using this year is

training tomatoes to grow up rebar.  This will

really help with the harvest.  We are using gardening

tape to support and hold the tomatoes to the rebar.

Sometimes taking these pictures it's hard to not get

my "shadow".  This just proves that I was there !

A close-up view of our Summer Squash Palm Trees.  I just

finished trimming them today, leaves are strewn all over

awaiting for 'someone' to pick them up.  Picking is getting

easier each week as the squash continues up the rebar.

I am 6'6" and they will be my height in a few weeks.

A father and son volunteer planting cucumber seeds.

We have lots of families coming to the farm and

working side by side.  Above we have weed block

in the box and holes "burned" where only 1 seed

is planted in each hole.  We have placed our

drip irrigation system on top of the weed block.