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Dear Friends, I am coming through town tomorrow with spring veggie bags, containing red potatoes, carrots, cabbage, winter squash, parsnip, a couple of onions and fresh dug garlic scallions for $18. Let me know if you want one delivered to the drop off spots in Canton or Potsdam. We got the greenhouse plastic on and finished batting it down in the pouring rain with no wind. Thank you Bob, rob, Len and Aaron. I added the side curtain fasten strings the next day when we got 6omiles/hr winds. The tunnel stands! the outhouse blew over! Fortunately it had no floor and the bucket is still upright. With that big project done I am all on to the next. ![]() The days are beautiful, sunny and cool and warm ones too, just right for the sunchoke harvest. Jerusalem artichokes, sunchokes are a native to the area in the sunflower family and make a tuber that is tasty. We used to have two large beds 15'wide and 150' long and could harvest 1500lbs a year. A daunting job considering they grow 18" or more deep and need hand digging because there is no mechanic bed-lifter or potato harvester getting them out. I don't hire help until May to save money and so we are close friends, the sunchokes and I. I spread the harvest into two two hour harvest times and do other work in between to mix it up. I have orders for 250lbs and a few more days and I am there, just before they start sprouting again. Once you plant them they come back every year whether you want them or not. So, I trimmed the fields to only 8' wide and it makes it much better, since we don't sell so many of them anymore. Most people don't know about them. I am attaching recipes and health benefits for the curious. CSA friend Jeanna suggested to do an alternative box for people who have their own gardens and don't need so much of everything. Who want the early first zucchini and tomatoes and not so much later when their own come on but she would like flowers then. We do offer the market spent down option where people pay a certain amount up front and just subtract from it when they shop at the market. Maybe we can do a CSA spent down, but I have to make sure it doesn't get too complicated for the packers if it not me. Are there any gardeners out there feeling this? On Sunday I went down late enjoying my days of not milking before the new calf comes the middle of May. When I came to the bottom garden gate I saw hoof prints, cow hoof prints trying to get into the garden but the gate was closed for the night. Then I saw a trampled down gate and that they were gone. I called no response. Then the neighbor who has Jeff's (my former cow partner who moved to Vermont) land was in the driveway and told me that the cows showed up 7am in the morning and that he put them in a pasture. When Steve and I came they were ready to go home and fast. We were able to lead them home along the road and saw that they had walked on the right side of the road till the crest of the road, crossed at the top and walked on on the left side of the road where coming cars could see them, like we always used to do it when they spent their summers over there. They also had walked around Lexi's house looking for her. She feeds and milks the cows 1/2 the time and they love her.
that's the news for now, CSA info is attached for sign up peace, Dulli
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Dear friends, another dry day and I am eager to get back outside. The past two days I prepared the three beds for the first peas, two for snap peas and one for shell and snow peas. Mostly it is forking out the quack grass which is significantly less after doing it last year, but still a chore. The peas were soaked three days ago an are starting to sprout, ready to go out before the rain tomorrow. Carrots are already planted. I am planning a town trip tomorrow April 7 and can deliver bags of mixed veggies. We have potatoes, carrots, cabbage garlic $14/mixed bag and added parsnips and sunchokes $17mixed bag if you are interested, respond to this e-mail or call 315 386 4852. Dear friends,
another dry day and I am eager to get back outside. The past two days I prepared the three beds for the first peas, two for snap peas and one for shell and snow peas. Mostly it is forking out the quack grass which is significantly less after doing it last year, but still a chore. The peas were soaked three days ago an are starting to sprout, ready to go out before the rain tomorrow. Carrots are already planted. I am planning a town trip tomorrow and can deliver bags of mixed veggies. We have potatoes, carrots, cabbage garlic $14/mixed bag and added parsnips and sunchokes $17mixed bag if you are interested, respond to this e-mail or call 315 386 4852. The other big job is getting the old plastic and hip-boards ( where the side curtains hang and get rolled up to) off the tunnel so the new hip board s can be put up. I had forgotten how physical it is to do any of the tunnel set up or take down tasks. Last time was 7 years ago when we put up the tunnel. A lot of the screwing and prying is at 5'7 height and arms get tired after a while. So I switched it up with the field prep. It was very satisfying when the boards came crashing down 6pm yesterday. We are getting quite a few student share interested folks. The student share starts August 30th and goes till December 13. There are no student shares for the week of fall break and Thanksgiving break. If there are at least three groups we will deliver to Clarkson University as well as to the Potsdam Food Coop for the townies on Friday afternoons, Canton is Tuesdays noon to 2pm at the Farmers Market. If there are any veggies or herbs you do not like we will make a note of it and give you something else. If you are ever gone other times and would like to have us hold your box or give you a double box next week or add it on to the end let us know we try to make it so you can use all your veggies. Of course you can have a friend pick up for you if you want. That is flexibility to serve you best. The cows are well. Goldie currently not milking to grow a strong baby calf and Carol is retired. So no milking or making cheese which gives me more time for the gardens. When it was my aunt's memorial and I got really sad, I went to see the cows and Carol came over and licked me, getting the vibe. That was comforting. (Steve had school all day). So, now it is evening and I got to go out after cooking dinner for 10 and raked and planted Mixed Salad Greens too. I am ready for a slow rainy day tomorrow with transplanting peppers into pots. So if you have not yet, please sign up for the Summer CSA info and Bonus Buck info is attached. Bonus Bucks will pay 1/2 of your share if you are low income, check it out. peace, Dulli |
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