Howdy folks,
***Reminder: ***
The farm stand and CSA are closed today for July 4th. The farm stand and CSA will be open for regular hours Thursday: 10 - 6 and Saturday 10-4. As always you have the choice of which day you would prefer to pick up you share.
Half share folks:
This is an even week so if your last name starts with M-Z this is your week to pick up.
We are jumping into summer with our first harvest of cucumber and summer squash this week. We are still harvesting a lot of leafy greens this week but you will see your share start to have fewer cool weather leafy greens, like arugula, and more hot weather rock stars. The fresh onions look fantastic as do the tomatoes which are beginning to set fruit. It will be several more weeks before we are harvesting ripe tomatoes but the unripe green globes are becoming more pronounced every day.
In this weeks share:
- Broccoli
- Lettuce
- Garlic scapes
- Bok choi
- Cucumbers
- Summer squash
- Choice of cooking greens
- Scallions
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| Power weeding lettuce! |
Know your 2017 Farm Crew!:
Tim (Field Crew):
Tim graduated from the Berklee College of Music where his focus was jazz drumming. He loves physical activities - especially biking and skateboarding. Tim hopes to never work for the Man.
Emily (Field Crew):
Emily just graduated from Williams College. In the fall she will start a masters' program in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge in England. She's an avid rock climber and ultimate frisbee player.
Paul (Field Crew):
Paul is from Needham and he's a rising junior at Wesleyan University, where he spends most of his time on the campus farm. When he's not working at Powisset he helps out with family programming at the deCordova Museum in Lincoln.
Jeff (Field Crew):
This is Jeff's second season on the farm crew. Jeff loves playing with puppies and he is studying mechanical engineering at the University of Vermont. Jeff would like everyone to know that he gave up a lucrative marketing job to return this year. "Seriously," explains Jeff, "it was a great gig. Alas, the farm called."
Kurt (Field Crew):
Kurt grew up right around the corner in Dover. Kurt is in college where he is studying sixteenth century Lithuanian woodcuts. In his free time he enjoys basket weaving and basketball.
Jared (Apprentice):
Jared is a "homegrown Natick boy with big dreams." He first farmed during a summer in Northern California and got hooked.
Phil (Apprentice):
Phil lives in Jamaica Plain with his wife and their cat Leroy. Leroy is an orange, stripe-y cat with whom Phil and his wife are obsessed. Phil would like to tell you about Leroy.
Diane (Apprentice):
Diane is the proud mother of the entire farm crew, as well as one biological son. She has an extreme love of nature, most recently hunting for waterfalls on the weekends in New Hampshire. Diane is also more than slightly enthusiastic about Mountain Dew.
Andrew (Assistant Manager): Andrew grew up in western Mass where he assisted on his families dairy farm. Andrew has been involved in vegetable production since 2010 helping run several organic farms in Massachusetts and eastern New York.
Zannah (Manager): Zannah has been farming in eastern Massachusetts for 9 years. Though managing a farm is all consuming this time of year, Zannah does manage to sneak in a long bike ride or romp in the woods with family whenever possible.
Zannah, on behalf of the Farm Crew
Today our new well pump was installed. We are upgrading from a 1hp pump to a 5hp pump. This upgrade should greatly improve the volume of water we are able to pump and our ability to irrigate the vegetable fields. In addition to the new pump, we are also having a new waterline dug from the well head (located across from the workshop at the front of the farm) to the green house. Previously, the irrigation water traveled through the barn plumbing and out to the fields. By removing this step, we should see less loss in water pressure from the well to the fields. The waterline is going to be installed on Wednesday and Friday. The line will be buried below the driveway and parking areas. If everything goes according to plan, parking will not be disrupted on CSA days. If there is a need to change the parking for CSA pickup, I will send out a special blog post in order to relay that information. 
