Spring update

Things have been busy on the farm! We've been doing a lot of spring planting and even added some new varieties of fruit to our growing repertoire... Todd and I planted a few more fruit trees (another sweet cherry and two more peaches) and three blueberry bushes.

And a few weeks ago, my "crew" (my parents and Rockacy family members Gene and Joan, who were wonderful enough to lend their hard labor and potato expertise) planted two varieties of early potatoes.



The most exciting news - over the weekend our partners in beekeeping, Tony Indovina and Gary Marshall, delivered our second hive! So far the ladies appear to be enjoying their new home. We are planning to do a spring hive inspection this week and I will post those photos as soon as I can.

For our 2009 CSA members I've put together a list of the crops and varieties we are growing this year. A few varieties are missing but I would say the list is 95% complete. Here is what we are hoping to provide you with over the next four or five months:
beets
early wonder tall top
golden detroit
chioggia
radish
easter egg
french breakfast
amethyst
peas
super sugar snap
sugar snap
snow wind
onions - bulb
sweet georgia
red
supersweet
shallots
picasso
potatoes
red thumb (fingerling)
red gold
nicola
german butterball
onions - bunching
ishikura
deep purple
carrots
parmex
early mokum
vitana
purple haze
cucumber
vertina
olympian
lemon cucumber
summer squash
sunburst patty pan
bennings green tint patty pan
beans
provider
carson
jade
royal burgundy
kale
redbor
pumpkin
white pumpkin
pie pumpkins
autumn gold
greens - leaf
winter lettuce mix
summer lettuce mix
arugula
lettuce mix OG
spinach, bloomsdale
mache (lg-leaf round)
greens - head
red fire leaf
green bib buttercrunch
radicchio
butterhead, speckles
red sails
corn
spring treat
tuxedo
brussels sprouts
diablo
oliver
eggplant
inda paint
listada
Fla. High bush
peppers - sweet
yummy
aji dulee

(+ at least 3 more varieties)
peppers - mild/hot
ancho
anaheim
mariachi
chichimeca
peppers - hot
jalapeno
habanero
new mex joe parker
leeks
bleu de solaize
herbs
cilantro
bouquet dill
basil - sweet
basil - cinnamon
basil - siam queen (thai)
basil - sweet dani (lemon)
chives
stevia
mint
parsley

chervil
chard
bionda di lyon
gator perpetual spinach
bright lights
melon
orange honey
winter squash
hubbard - blue ballet
buttercup green burgess
acorn
waltham butternut
tomatoes
brandywine (heirloom)
yellow pear (h)
green grape (h)
big rainbow (h)
cherokee purple (h)
copia
persimmon (h)
caspian pink (h)
sungold (cherry)
sweet million (c)
box car willie (h)
golden mama (paste)
olpaka (pst)
garden peach (h)
grape
brandy boy
san marzano (h)
green zebra (h)
hungarian italian (pst)
victoria supreme (pst)
(+ several more varieties) mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Fruit included in summer shares: blackberries and raspberries (the new blueberry bushes aren't likely to produce enough berries for shares during the first year), sweet cherries and peaches.

Cutting flowers will also be part of your shares -
salvia
celosia red velvet
celosia pink
pumpkin on a stick (ornamental eggplant)
zinnia tequlia lime
zinnia white wedding
daisy zulu prince
marigold snowball
queen anne's lace
bells of ireand
zinnia (tall red)
sunflower (several varieties)
nastirtium

amaranth
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