Our Summer drought has ended.  After less than 2 inches of rain all July, August and into the 2nd week of September, we got 4 inches of rain in 3 days.  This was greatly needed for our fall crops, which have been planted into dry, dusty soil.  Our fall greens: Tat Soi, other Chois, Arugula, Mizuna, Spinach and others all needed some water to start growing.  Turnips- Gold, red, and white, as well as several varieties of winter radishes all had been dormant until the rains arrived.  It will be another month before we start harvesting them, but will have them into December.

Summer is almost here and our crops are growing well.  Strawberries are here but only for a couple more weeks, so enjoy them while they’re here.  Peas have begun—sugar snaps, followed by snow peas and then shelling peas.  We’ve been picking spring onions and scallions and will have them for several more weeks.  Swiss chard and beets will be the next to arrive.  Lettuces are doing well and we now have many varieties that we are picking.  Herbs of all sorts are still coming in as well—oregano, chives, savory, dill, cilantro, mint, curly cress, lavender flowers and maybe some others.

Mid-August is here and the heat has arrived. After cooler and wetter than normal June and July, we now seem to be ina a hot dry spell.

Summer squash are finally arriving in quantity - our 4th planting - cucumber and pickles - 3rd planting are also doing well. It will be a short season for both of these as September is around the corner and both these crops will begin to go down-hill with the cooler weather.

Our year is coming to a close, and as every year we have had our ups and downs while growing all these delicious organic vegetables.  As seems to be true every year, some crops will do better than others .  Our fall greens have been wonderful; the kales and oriental greens have flourished; our turnips and other root crops are still doing well, too.  Our summer beans, squashes and eggplants all did well.  This year our biggest disappointment had to be our tomato crop.  We lost way too many to diseases brought on by the long periods of wet, damp weather, that happened through

Our growing year this past season was a mixed bag - some crops did very well and some not as much. However, in general we felt we had a good season with plenty of variety over the weeks. We brought in many staples which people seemed to enjoy, especially tomatoes, beans and squashes.