Hello again. Remember that nasty cold that prevented pictures a month ago? Well it was nastier than a cold and I am finally over a serious bout with bronchitis. So many weeds got ahead of me in the last month I may never recover. Oh well, you do what you can.
Today,in the very early (read cool) morning, I worked circles around the blueberries. We mowed yesterday and the mower and mulch were not a good combination. As we never use herbicides to manage weeds and grass, I took a small mattock and dug out a border around 11 blueberry bushes. There are 12 more to be done, but only these twelve were about to get bird netting. Spinning in circles required a straightening out activity so I went about a fourth of the way around the rhubarb bed (long and straight) digging a similar border (see before and after photos). The rhubarb has a learning curve. We’ve never raised it before and apparently it wants a lot of nutrients in order to produce thick, healthy stalks. We’re working on that and hopefully next year we’ll have a nice offering. If you remember, someone gave us our starts for rhubarb. About half of those starts did not make it through their first winter. Pat Bush, Handance Farm, had more and we planted those yesterday.
Up and growing are our zephyr squash which we should have as soon as next week, our highly sought after haricot verte and roma beans, yukon gold and fingerling potatoes, and lots of heirloom tomatoes. Today we planted our okra and it will get watered this afternoon. Our herbs are looking very good and we continue to add to and beautify that garden.
Tomorrow, at Greensboro Farmers Curb Market, we will have the first of a “growing” number of herb vinegars. Garlic and rosemary infused vinegar makes a delicious viniagrette. This is a test of the market. We only have six bottles at $5.00 each. We have several other infusions in the making. Look forward to white balsamic vinegar with basil and garlic chives, tarragon, and chive blossoms in rice vinegar. Later on there should also be some dill vinegar. As the season goes on we will offer some fruit vinegars. We are particularly excited about wild blackberry vinegar and have had a request for a blackberry mint. If there is something you would like us to make please let us know. We are starting with small bottles, but plan to add other sizes if there is an initial interest in these vinegars.
Also for sale tomorrow will be heritage breed eggs, baby kale, arugula, gourmet lettuce mix, spicy radishes, and asparagus. Drop by and pick up some of our delicious offerings. Remember – limited quantity but unlimited quality.
So long for now, Carol.
maters and merlot 