Hello Everyone:
Busy few days here at the office.
The 2017 production plan is taking shape.
Changes for this years crops:
Increase in tomatoes; particularly cherry tomatoes. We had 1 bed for yellow cherry toms last year (1/2 after the spray incident). This year we'll have 1 yellow cherry bed and 2 red cherry beds.
Increase in amount of Moskvich tomatoes as well.
Eggplant to double in growing space, hopefully this year I'll be able to double their size as well.
Back to 2 beds of Brussels Sprouts - no cut and come again broccoli trials for this year.
Doubling amount of Romano beans, and planting earlier to see if we can get a dry bean out of it at the end of season.
Now that the rotation pattern tweaking is finished, I have more room for fall brassicas such as cabbage and arugula.
Expect a longer run of zucchini and cucumbers.
During seed inventory, I found some leftover acorn squash from two years ago. I'll be finishing these off this coming season.
New type of zucchini, an heirloom called 'Cocozelle'. It will be a bit different than what we have had in the past.
Currently looking for a new pak choi to replace the previous type, and a new lettuce to find improvements for our mini red romaine, which some folks found a bit too strong flavored. Red lettuces generally are stronger tasting, but I'll see if I can find one to mix and match with the stronger 'Outredgous' variety.
Most improvements will come from tweaks in the plan based on what has been learned over the past two years.
Just finished purchasing the seed potato crop for next year. One of the two white potato varieties is discontinuing, so I will be replacing it with the fingerling potatoes I trialed last year. Overall, a few more pounds are being planted.
Delivery for ALL customers (weekly and bi-weekly) will be on Wednesdays next season.
The season will start with a delivery on June 7th; and then regular weekly delivery commences Wednesday June the 21st.
Prices to be finalized in the next few days, and then we start looking for customers!
Talk to you all soon,
Bob
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