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.