Week 8, 2016-2017

It is hard to believe that a third of the season is already gone past us.  Things have gone very well so far and I would rate our performance a solid A!.  If we would have had the peppers and kale that we had planned, I would have graded an A+.  I have started more peppers to try again in the warmer months and a new crop of kale is already about to be planted.  In fact, I will be planting broccoli, romaine lettuce, parsley, and leeks this week.  I planted lettuce and peas a couple of weeks ago.  I read an article in Hort Tech journal about snap peas and it emboldened me to try growing some.  I have tried in the past and had poor results but I was feeling overly confident in my growing skills so I thought I could risk a humbling failure again; so peas went into the ground.
Strawberries are right around the corner and it looks like we will be serving lettuce, bok choi, and mustard greens this week for the members.
We have had a great run at squash and zucchini this year but the patty pan and yellow squash have run their course and have been pulled up.  I will leave the zucchini until they start to wane, probably in a few weeks.

Week 4, 2016-2017 Season

I have been doing a lot of planting in the last two weeks.  I have planted in the field, strawberries, onions, mustard greens, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, broccoli, and beets.  I still have scallions, cabbage, and cauliflower to go.  I have also sown seeds for more lettuce, kale, and Swiss chard in trays.
I have also finally got my fertilizer injector working after ordering a few parts.  Now I can inject liquid organic fertilizer directly through the drip tape to help out on the fertility of the crops.  I am hoping that it will give us a little more ability to adjust the nitrogen level of the plants.  There is some fine tuning of the rate and concentration of the the mix before we are off and running.  The fertilizer is very viscous so it needs to be diluted but I also don't want to let the water run for too long and leach all the pre-plant fertilizer that is there; so I am still working out the details.
Everything else is humming along fine with bountiful squashes and greens sizing up nicely.  This, so far, is the best crop growth we have had since we started growing organic veggies.  Soon the tomatoes will find their fertilizer and should be off to the races along with the cucumbers.  I'm still waiting for that salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce ready at the same time.