Great Basket

Dear Friends,

I think you will enjoy 3 new items this week. Spaghetti Squash, Cantaloupe, and a head of lettuce.

Your basket will also contain the following items
1# of tomatoes
Cherry tomatoes
4 peppers
Yellow Squash
Zuchinni
Cucumbers,
1# of Red Chieftan Potatoes
Basil
TWO VERY IMPORTANT ITEMS
Please RSVP (via email) if you plan to attend the farm tour.
Basket Pick up will be next Saturday from 7-9am.
We do have some updates that I'd like to share with you.

Our 2nd and 3rd plantings of tomatoes have been effected by the high number of cloudy days that we had this season and as a result they are not ready like they should be. We plant tomatoes 3 different times to have a continous supply from June-October and we've had good luck in the past with our planting days. I plan to add a few more varities for next year that will help fill in gaps next year. Farming is such a fun yet challenging endeavor.
Get ready for some great Acorn Squash with Rice and pair filling. Amanda came up with a fantastic recipe that we tried out this week. It was wonderful. Amanda's dad had some extra pears this year, so next week in your basket you will be getting enough to try this wonderful recipe
Sweet potatoes are shaping up nicely. Deer have been enjoying the vines(sweet potatoes vine out like ivy), but fortunately it is late enough in the season that we're hoping it will not have too bad of an impact on the size of these wonderful gems.
Bok Choi, Beets, Cabbage, Broccoli and a few other fall crops are looking great. Spinach, swiss chard, and a few other leafy items are coming up too, but we're having a hard time getting all of them irrigated. I rigged up some sprinkler systems and am finding that next year I'm going to have to bite the bullet and purchase a real system for irrigating crops that are direct seeded.
Again, Thank you for your continue support!
Ford Waterstrat