It was another one of those weeks where it was hot and it was rainy, it was smokey and we were busy being farmers and parents and family and friends. The usual. 

The weeds continue to celebrate the frequent rainfall; we have been pulling and burying and mowing them but it feels increasingly like a zombie video game where there are always more coming than going and, inevitably, inexorably, inescapably they shall overwhelm and consume the human holdouts. 

Well, maybe not exactly like that. Really, I was just feeling dramatic for a moment there and really, we are staying ahead of the horde better than ever, I dare say. Sure there are a few rows that will take heavy artillery to beat back, and I may not make it through another week without losing another mower belt. But it seems pretty decent. And with the rain, plus the deer fence keeping 100% of the deer and 95% of the rabbits out, we have some unexpectedly vigorous production. Liiiike the peas, which I hope you enjoy because guess what.

And the rutabagas …. yeah, the rutabagas. That’s a weed thing, too. See, these are normally a fall crop, and they’re a lot larger – but due to an unfortunate series of events they were planted in a bed with a lot of early season crops that finished up for the year, and the weeds snuck up en masse and we decided we would have to call in a huge piece of landscape fabric and/or a riding lawnmower, to get the row under some semblance of control.

Aaanyway, first we had to salvage the rutabagas early, today, and so here we all are, with early season, tender rutabagas on the menu.

When we weren’t weeding, we were often trellising and transplanting. For the moment, there are no plants in the Little Greenhouse, for the first time since March! But soon more fall crops will be getting seeded, so that won’t last for long

In the meantime, there’s

Box 6

Cucumbers (Slicers & Pickling)

Zucchini & Summer Squash – it’s officially summer everybody; get your zucchini game on line and on point.

Kale (Curly Blue & Scarlet)

Sugar Snap Peas – people enjoy these, scientists say

a small amount of either Snow Peas or Broccoli. Or maybe this one weird-looking cauliflower.

the aforementioned Rutabagas

Onions