I know my last post about the farm was a bit of a downer, but I want to share some of the exciting news from the farm as well. Here are a handful of photos from our harvesting trip last Saturday.
The parsley took a while to set roots, but now it’s starting to look strong.
It wouldn’t be a Russian farm without tons of dill sprouting up everywhere
The beets are just about ready to harvest. This is one of the largest ones, and it’s about the size of a softball
Our third potatoes patch was planted a few weeks later than the others, but even it it starting to flower. By this rate, we should have all three potato subplots in full production over the next few weeks!
The carrots are…well…taking their precious time. They still aren’t very big, but even the little guys are still tasty.
Green Beans that have been in the ground for almost 3 weeks now. Thanks for the folks who helped us weed out the native growth that was choking these little guys out.
Obligatory picture of wildflowers and the Russian countryside. The view alone makes it worth the journey out.
Another foe came out to stir up trouble over the last week, and it’s name is the Colorado beetle. These little guys will decimate a potato crop if left unchecked, and since we don’t use pesticides they can be fatal to our potato harvest. Luckily, they were isolated to only one section of the potatoes, so we were able to harvest as many as possible out of that section and burn out the problem plants. About 50 kg of baby potatoes were harvested this week!
This was by far the biggest veggie of the day. In two weeks, this monster transformed from a blossom into a 3.15 kg zucchini.
The Kohlrabi (aka mini-sputnik plants) is also just about ready to come out of the ground
Our mystery tikva is also starting to develop little squash. For those of you who don’t know, tikva is the russian term for all winter squashes and pumpkins, and the farmer who gave us these seeds didn’t tell us what variety they are. Whatever they are, they are growing well!
Imanni and Andrew finishing up the weeding in one of the rows of lettuce.
This is the lettuce that volunteers worked on this weekend after the mess of Russian weeds was removed. Great work everybody!
Another look back at some of the pumpkin plants.
Group shot of volunteers. Thanks again for giving up your Saturday to help us keep the farm alive. It wouldn’t be possible without you!
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