Sun and heat - finally!

We have had two weeks of absolutely glorious weather! How nice to finally feel the sun after our cold wet Spring. The veggies (and weeds) are loving it, everything is looking fabulous. Although, there has been one mishap; all the turnip died, almost overnight it seems! I knew that something was nibbling at the leaves (flea beatles perhaps?) and they have been struggling with the dry weather a bit, but all of a sudden they all just gave up. I think it was a combination of lack of water and being stressed by what ever attacked them.

On the positive side the carrots and beets are ready and looking great. There is something extremely satisfying to me about pulling root vegetables, you're never quite sure how big/long each one will be so each one is somewhat of a surprise as it emerges from the earth - what can I say, I'm a simple girl with simple pleasures!! :o)

I have completed week #7 of my main season CSA delivery and I am very happy with how it has gone so far, no short falls or disasters! Also, the farmer's market is turning out to be more fun than I thought it would. I was kind of dreading it - I'm really most comfortable being by myself in the field and letting somebody else sell - but I'm enjoying seeing my regular customers each week and talking about food with others.

A couple of days ago I picked all my garlic. It looks fabulous! Huge beautiful bulbs! I was going to just sling them over a piece of rope under our porch (the perfect airy, shady spot to cure garlic) but Paul built me a drying rack instead, looks very European and cool - check it out below.
I will be using most of this garlic as my seed for next years harvest. I purchased this years batch and it was quite expensive so I would like to build up a much larger volume of garlic without the expense.

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