Now that we are a few weeks past our mid growing season the farm has this sense of calm. By now all of us who work here know our places and duties for each day of the week, trained by the frantic pace of the searing hot early and mid summer.
Early on in the season we spent 12 hour days working in the soil and now it seems we spend 12 hour days in our tomato plants! While there is still some transplanting and seeding to be done for our fall harvest we managed to take two of our crew to spend a day at Mick Klug Farm.
Mick has been supplying us with most of the fruit for our Fruit CSA members. So far it's been a wonderful journey to taste "in season" fruit such as the many varieties of peaches, nectarines, grapes, raspberries, apples and blueberries.
Last week Mick was able to spend a half day with us exploring his orchards. What marveled me most was not only the beautiful fruit growing on the plant but the plant itself. The leaves and vines of his 10 year old grapes looked as healthy as his 3 year old plum trees. As I walked by these plants they commanded my attention even before I saw it's fruit it produced. Healthy plants, healthy fruit, happy and healthy you.
Mick, Chris, Armando, Joe and myself holding the camera as we journey among his 20 year old peach trees.
Mick tasting his blueberries ( once again....) before they are sent off to a processor.
Jupiter grapes! This picture is not staged, really!
A journey through his apple orchard.
Mick Klug Farm
Grapes grown beautifully in Michigan, it doesn't have to come from California!
Fall bearing raspberries, these are in your share this week!
Apples, it was hard for Chris to walk away from these beauties!
These are where your blueberries came from!
I did help myself to just a few.............
Harvested just for you.........
For those moms and dads out there that I've been talking baby food with try pureeing the steamed potatoes with steamed beans for your little one.(Keep an eye on the beans so that they are soft enough to mash and they won't get too stringy on you, otherwise a food mill will work great to remove that). You won't need much of the potato in the mix so go ahead and save some for yourself. Remember, I'm not not big on buying all those special containers out there when ice cube trays does the trick. Once the food is frozen I remove them form the trays and put them in freezer bags. Your baby may not be able to enjoy it today but in a few months you'll wish you saved a bit here and there through out the season! This counts for the fruit too!
