Week 2

Last week was a hustle.  We had a bunch of flats that NEEDED to be transplanted and the first week of CSA and Chehalis always stresses me out a bit.  I was bummed snap peas weren't picking yet, but also a little relieved.  On Friday afternoon, about an hour after the crew should have gone home we threw the last shovels full of dirt on the row cover we use to get the winter squash off to a good start and called it  a week.  Everything that needed to get planted did and I went to bed Friday night incredibly relieved.  A former employee came in on Saturday and he and Kelly tied up some loose ends and got the drip irrigation set up for the squash while I went to market with another crew member.  This week we will plant out melons and our second succession of peppers.  It is unusual to have two successions of peppers in this part of the world because they are a heat loving crop.  We started doing it last year so we would have green bells for the co-op for a longer period of time.   We have a couple new melons in the mix that I am excited about.  However, melons can be risky so I seeded larger amounts of two of our reliable favorites for your farm shares.  Lettuce and salad get planted out every week and they are on the agenda as well.  Field zucchinis are pretty close and these next couple weeks will see more time spent harvesting and less time transplanting as all of our longer season warm weather crops will be out by the end of this week.

I hope you all made some good meals with your boxes last week.  This box will be pretty easy to eat without even turning on the stove if you are so inclined.

Carrots 
Cucumber - These are out of a hoop house. Field cukes are about a month out.
Broccoli
Peas - Snap or Snow - Hoping to get as many of you snow peas as possible but if there aren't enough there may be some snap peas as well (large share) or instead of (small share) snow peas.
Salad Turnips -  These are milder than radishes and are great raw or cooked.  For some people the greens are the best part so please give them a try.
Strawberries - I hope I don't regret putting them on the list.  They are a maybe and I might be being optimistic.
Salad Mix - Large Only