Monday, June 9, 2014

2014 CSA week one.


Clockwise from the lower left corner: over a quarter-pound of "Shuko" Pac Choy, two pounds of"Windsor Broadbean" Fava, two heads of "Osaka Shirona" Chinese Cabbage (half a pound), a bunch of "Easter Egg" radish (three quarters pound), and two pints of strawberries at center.

Strawberries!


We harvested eight pints of strawberries over two days, from about a hundred feet of strawberry plants spaced roughly a foot apart each. We thought we'd picked the plants clean on June 7th with a four-pint yield, but when we went back the next day we found another four pints ready to go. A few of our plants are several years old and well established, but most are just in their second year of fruit production. They're doing great this spring, with moderate watering (around two times per week) and warm weather.