- Lettuce
- Kale
- Herb
- Carrots or beets
- Onions (use them fresh as they have decided to bolt – make seed heads so they will not last)
- Chinese broccoli or bok choi
- Sugar snap peas?? Just a few at first but they will be here for everyone in the next 1-3 weeks.
Many of the spring crops have not liked this heat wave. The heat has made them think it is time to make flowers. This includes our precious crop of overwintered onions. 100 feet of onions setting flowers is not what we had planned. We will harvest them and you can use them as fresh onions. It turns out ground squirrels love lettuce and have come through the beds and munched the center out of every head. This will affect the future lettuce, as there is still quite a bit in areas they do not venture. This is a reminder to us all to carpe diem as you never know what next week will bring. Please do take your lettuce – we had 50 extra heads last week as it was left behind.
We will be working hard this next week to plant more tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, winter squash, summer squash, cucumbers and beans. It makes me dizzy just writing all I have to get done. Juvencio is doing an amazing job prepping beds and attacking weeds. He has trellises up for the first cucumbers and is moving on to the tomatoes. The early tomatoes planted with Jacob and Diego on the wedding day are tripled in size and flowering. That means it is time for me to get in there and prune the branches. No rest for the weary, no time to gab, no time like the present to get that harvest in and move on to planting.
We have also been busy with the vegetable start business. Most of you know that I sell veggie, flower and herb starts as well as fresh cut flowers at the Beaverton Farmers Market every Saturday with my friend and business partner Polly. Luna is a key player as well. The last two weekends have been incredible, making up for a horrible April. You can pre-order veggie starts for pick up at the farm by visiting our joint website at: Home | Pumpkin Ridge Gardens (square.site) . Polly updates the inventory every week. So check back frequently. Our plants are spread across both our farms so it is easier for me if you can pre-order and I can have it ready for you on pick up day or for pick up at the market.
Here are some recipes to enjoy this week:
Green Goddess Salad Recipe (allrecipes.com)
Best Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing Recipe (allrecipes.com)