There’s perfect BBQ weather and then there’s perfect gardening weather.  Although I look forward to backyard summer fun, right now the rains and cool weather are welcomed strangers to jump-start the new growing season.  

We have been busy at the farm planting seeds, plants and new starts.  Over the last week, 250 strawberry plants, with five new varieties, were planted in newly built raised beds.  Goji and Elder berry plants were added this weekend as who can’t use a mega-burst of anti-oxidant power?  We transferred 100 raspberry plants to the front of the property to utilize un-used green space and open up room in the back for garden beds.  While we won’t see much harvest this year from the new berry plants, next year we will be loaded!  

Springtime brings hearty greens, full of early sunshine goodness.  The asparagus is peaking out of the ground, finally. Hooray! And the hens have come off strike and are beginning to lay again.  (I see some steamed asparagus with fresh hollandaise sauce in my near future!)   Spinach, winter kale, broccoli, cabbages  and spicy and bold garlic greens are growing strong  and should be ready to harvest this month, while tender wild lettuce shoots are just unfurling.   Cilantro, speckled Romaine, rainbow chard and green onions are all waiting to sprout in the ground, and eight varieties of tomatoes and peppers are in our hallway light-box, soaking up warmth and sun. 

Check in with us soon to find out “What’s Fresh!”  We look forward to sharing our bounty again with you this year.