What a crazy couple months! I definitely thought i would have more time/ energy to keep this blog updated. For anyone actually reading this stuff , i am sorry for the huge delay in material!
Finally our seeder is up and running as of late April, note to self leaving any corn seed or seed in general in the hoppers causes unwanted issues. The seeds if moist will ferment and swell leading to jamming or plugging up the seed disc not allowing the seed to properly be distributed. ( always thoroughly clean out and re grease everything on seeder and equipment at the end of season)
Since that debacle we now have four crops of corn (roughly 5 acres) in the ground and growing, all about a week to two weeks apart. We have began our wheeler farm farmers market excursion as of Sunday June 1, and will continue to be there every Sunday until the last week in October. We have been selling our spinach tasty smooth and Tyee varieties which have been amazing in terms of yield and slow bolt properties. We have also been selling our arugula, kale ,Green onions, and assorted lettuces. Also last Sunday our purple Pak Choy was ready to harvest, ( pics following post) this coming Sunday the 22 most of our broccoli and Gonzales cabbages will be ready for market!
Our red onions, red bunching onions, carrots, beets , and radishes are starting to shoulder! a couple more weeks and they will be ready to harvest also. Trellising has been built for our three rows of tomato's and some experimental hops. Tomato varieties include ,sun sugar, celebrity, pineapple heirloom ,San marzano, black krim, roma, and hillbilly just to name a few.
Bush beans have been sown and are already popping up! For now we are just checking all of plants for pest damage , water content, and appropriately addressing issues as they come up. We have been using food grade diatomaceous earth to keep slugs and earwigs from munching all of our goodies. We have found going out at night with a flashlight or head lamp and inspecting your veggies will usually shed some light on that illusive bug or critter that has been feasting on your leaves and stems.
Soon we will begin planning our mid summer to fall crop schedule!
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| Wheeler Farm farmers market 1st Sunday! |
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| Tim Dwyer(left) and Charlie (right) celebrating after constructing the large hops trellis |
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| Purple Pok Choy |
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| Gonzales cabbage fully grown, white stuff is food grade diatomaceous earth |
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| Zeeny hiding behind the huge broccoli |
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| First tomato's of the season! |
