Hold on to your Hats!
It is WINDY!!! We have had crazy wind lately and it is keeping us from being able to plant the eggplant and peppers. Farmer Jeff struggled today getting the plastic row tarp down over the rows because the wind was blowing so badly. In the end, it was dealt with. With luck we will be able to plant tomorrow.
The baby swiss chard is also ready to be planted. It will go in the raised beds as well as the pickling cucumbers. Wow...we are growing a lot of food. Tomorrow I get to fill out the CPC forms, Certified Producer's Certificate, in order to sell at the Farmer's Market. We have to list EVERY SINGLE PLANT that will produce either fruit or vegetables. Oye! We then have to estimate how many pounds of produce each of them will...produce. Does anyone have a crystal ball I can borrow for this job?
We have 35 varieties of tomatoes with anywhere from 1 or 2 up to 12 of each kind of tomato. We have 8 kinds of squash in 30 foot rows, okra in 60 foot rows, 4 kinds of corn in about an acre, swiss chard in raised beds, 400 pepper plants/7 varieties, 200 eggplant/6 varieties, assorted lettuces, collard greens, cucumbers, and other veggies I know I am missing. We will plant Genovese basil at the end of each row to take advantage of the little drips from the irrigation.
Once we have figured out all of the vegetables, we have to count all of the fruit trees (we have over 25 on our property) and then there are easily that many at the other property where we are farming. Sigh...
It looks like we will be selling at the Healdsburg Farmer's Market on Tuesday nights June through October and then Windsor Farmer's Markets on both Thursday nights and Sunday mornings. I guess we will sleep after New Years!
The baby swiss chard is also ready to be planted. It will go in the raised beds as well as the pickling cucumbers. Wow...we are growing a lot of food. Tomorrow I get to fill out the CPC forms, Certified Producer's Certificate, in order to sell at the Farmer's Market. We have to list EVERY SINGLE PLANT that will produce either fruit or vegetables. Oye! We then have to estimate how many pounds of produce each of them will...produce. Does anyone have a crystal ball I can borrow for this job?
We have 35 varieties of tomatoes with anywhere from 1 or 2 up to 12 of each kind of tomato. We have 8 kinds of squash in 30 foot rows, okra in 60 foot rows, 4 kinds of corn in about an acre, swiss chard in raised beds, 400 pepper plants/7 varieties, 200 eggplant/6 varieties, assorted lettuces, collard greens, cucumbers, and other veggies I know I am missing. We will plant Genovese basil at the end of each row to take advantage of the little drips from the irrigation.
Once we have figured out all of the vegetables, we have to count all of the fruit trees (we have over 25 on our property) and then there are easily that many at the other property where we are farming. Sigh...
It looks like we will be selling at the Healdsburg Farmer's Market on Tuesday nights June through October and then Windsor Farmer's Markets on both Thursday nights and Sunday mornings. I guess we will sleep after New Years!
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