Saturday, June 12, 2010

WEEK 5: Harvest time!

Ohhhh ya. All the work is paying off. The bus tour today got a market-stand taste of what's ready here at Manorun (asparagus, broccoli, tat soi, arugula, spring mix, green onions, radishes) but they would have had to be in the fields to get the first strawberries and snow peas that are just starting to tease us with their sweet yumminess.

We hoed and mulched and mowed; we hand-weeded the cut greens; we trellised the peas and drove in the stakes for tomato trellising; we had a practice harvest for the bus tour; and we had some end-of-week field walk and theory time. All in all we are feeling like we are on top of it, we got it together, we are on the ball. Bring on the markets and CSAs.

Andrea dealt with the fact that at least one chick must die by her own hand (or foot, or feeder); Jocelyn dealt with wet wood to get AMAZING cheese bread.

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