May I talk about the weather yet again?

Or rather, let the pictures do the talking, and show how much the vegetables have loved the rain and the heat and have responded with abundance – an abundance we have not seen in some years!

Our CSA boxes have been full – even overwhelming to some.

Our tables can hardly contain all that we bring to market.

And we have been able to donate to the food bank.

What’s in the box?

Edamame, kohlrabi, shishitos, blackberries, tomatoes, sweet peppers, salad greens, zucchini

Extras – hot peppers, beets.

• Edamame which are fresh, green soybeans have been around for 2000 years or more, first grown in China and then in Japan. There, it is a traditional bar snack eaten lightly steamed and sprinkled with salt. Edamame are full of protein, fibre and loaded with vitamins & minerals – a very healthy vegetable. And they are easy to prepare! Simply boil the pods in salted water for 3-5 minutes. Remove from the water & drain. Then squeeze the pods to pop out the beans and enjoy as a healthy snack. Delicious! We like them sprinkled with lime juice and salt. Or they can be added to soups, stews, salads, noodle dishes …
• Kohlrabi is back! After losing several plantings (they split & rotted from all the rain) we have some nice ones again. They are large, tender, juicy, and delicious.
• We received many positive comments on the shishito peppers. Enjoy them again this week. Here’s the recap … Shishitos are a small, bright green pepper with a sweet, fruity flavour and thin, tender, wrinkled skin. What makes them exciting is that 1 in 10 peppers will be slightly hot! They are simple to prepare and delicious to eat! While you can use them as you would any other sweet pepper, they are at their best when charred in oil in a heavy pan over medium-high heat. Cook the peppers whole, turning occasionally, until they begin to blister on all sides – just a few minutes. Sprinkle with salt & pepper and a splash of lime juice and some parmesan cheese, and serve immediately. Eat the whole pepper – except the stem.

• Picking blackberries takes up a lot of our time these days. We pick them 3 times each week – and the picks are enormous! What a crop! They have certainly loved all the rain.
• The rest of this week’s box includes the staples – tomatoes, sweet peppers, salad greens and zucchini.
• Beets and hot peppers are available as an extra – for those who want them.

______________________________________________

Around the farm this week …

Looks like zucchini season is coming to an abrupt end.

I mowed down the buckwheat fields today. They were filled with so many bees, insects, birds and even monarch butterflies. So I left some areas uncut for them.

We have harvested all the quality artichokes – leaving the rest to flower. So beautiful!

Hard at work …

… and hardly working! (or not working at all!)

A few pictures and even fewer words – the result of a long and busy Monday of harvesting and planting.

What’s in the box?

Blackberries, tomatoes, green beans, green peppers, garlic, onions, zucchini, spinach, arugula.

Fruit – FINAL WEEK – peaches, nectarines & blue plums.

*** (for those who signed up for fruit)

_____________________________________

Around the farm this week …

Many of our fields have been harvested – some are replanted to vegetables, others are planted to cover crops.

CSA pick-up last week.

Our market stall Saturday at Georgetown farmers’ market.

The question we are most frequently asked this season is “How is all the rain affecting the farm?”

The short answer is that things are really growing. Really. Really. Growing!

Everywhere. Even where you wouldn’t expect it!

But not just the weeds.

Crops we direct seed in the field (eg. beans, sunflowers) are germinating quickly – several days earlier than normal – and without me watering them. The salad greens are lush & green, and mature faster. The tomatoes, peppers, eggplant … are hanging extra heavy with fruit. The fennel are fatter. The edamame taller. The onions bigger. I could go on …

That’s the good news.

The rain can cause problems too. Several weeks ago I shared how our broccoli rotted from all the moisture. Kohlrabi also. We have lost most of 3 plantings now – a lot of kohlrabi!

The 1st planting of zucchini succumbed to disease as well. And cucumbers. But tomatoes are the biggest concern – blight & other diseases are showing up already. In fact we decided to apply a fungicide on the weekend, the 1st chemical spray we have used on the tomatoes in 6 years! We are hoping it prolongs their production as tomatoes are our biggest crop.

I guess that is why we grow so many different vegetables. Whatever weather we get, some will do well and others may suffer.

Rain is a good thing. And so is sunshine.

Today’s forecast called for showers – again – but we received nary a drop. We planned to work inside the barn, cleaning garlic and staying dry. Instead we were able to work outside all day, harvesting, weeding and planting – working ahead because tomorrow’s forecast calls for … rain!

What’s in the box?

Blackberries, shishito peppers, garlic, carrots, tomatoes, fennel, salad greens, beets, zucchini, green onions.

Fruit – Nectarines & blue plums

*** (for those who signed up for fruit)

• It is blackberry season! And what a season it is. The berries are bountiful & beautiful and they taste great! For those not familiar with blackberries, they are a bit sweet & a bit tart. If they aren’t quite ripe they can be sour. Too ripe and they are soft & mushy – but incredibly sweet. We try to pick them as ripe as possible but still firm. Unlike raspberries, blackberries are not hollow but have a soft edible centre core. The only way to eat a blackberry is to pop the whole thing in your mouth.Try to take a small bite and you will be covered in dark, staining juice. While best eaten fresh, blackberries also make great jam, juice, sauce & ice cream. (Lorie has her homemade blackberry jam for sale in the barn.) Last year we harvested no blackberries, so we are extra excited for them this year. Enjoy your 1st taste this week – we expect to pick blackberries for all of August and even into September.
• *Please note that we do use pesticides on our blackberries. For many years we did not. That was one of the good things about growing blackberries – no spraying necessary! Then along came the spotted wing drosophila. Spotted wing drosophila is an invasive vinegar fly that has the potential to cause extensive damage to many fruit crops – especially soft and dark coloured fruit – like blackberries. In the last number of years it has been found throughout much of southern Ontario and most of the fruit-growing areas of North America, and has become a chronic pest in berry and tender fruit crops. Effective biological controls are not yet available. There are cultural practices that we use to help reduce the insect populations, but the only effective control right now is chemical. And so we spray regularly to try to kill the spotted wing drosophila and protect our blackberries. We would rather not! But then again, we would rather not have worms in our blackberries either!
• Shishito peppers are one of our favourite vegetables. They are a small, thin, bright green pepper, with a sweet, fruity flavour and thin, tender, wrinkled skin. What makes a shishito exciting is that 1 in 10 peppers could be slightly hot! They are simple to prepare and delicious to eat! While you can use them as you would any other sweet pepper, they are best eaten charred in olive oil in a cast-iron skillet or other heavy pan over medium-high heat. Cook the peppers whole, turning occasionally, until they begin to blister on all sides. This only takes a few minutes! Sprinkle with salt & pepper and a splash of lime juice and some parmesan cheese, and serve immediately. Eat the whole pepper – except the stem.
• The garlic is now dry and can be stored at room temperature in a dry area for many months. The bulb can be broken open and partially used without the remainder spoiling. Enjoy!
• The carrot patch should yield enough for another bunch this week – mixed colours of orange and purple. The next planting will be mature in a few weeks.
• Red, pink, orange, yellow, purple, brown, white, green and everything in between. Solid colours and stripes too. Round, and oval, and maybe even some pear shaped ones. Our cherry tomatoes are a delight to look at – but even better to eat! We are also picking the large, red beefsteak tomatoes now.
• Another fennel bulb, salad green (probably mini-romaine lettuce), beets, zucchini & green onions complete the box this week.

____________________________________________

Around the farm this week …

Beautiful weather Saturday at Georgetown Farmers’ market – finally!

The women in our neighbour’s orchard across the road claimed they were just taking pictures – but their shopping bag full of peaches indicated otherwise!

A few minutes earlier we had encountered a different group of people down the road, helping themselves to peaches at another farm. They were not at all concerned when confronted.

Just a typical Saturday afternoon in our neighbourhood!

Yesterday we were enjoying lunch on the deck when we saw a couple wandering through our vegetable patch. “We’re just looking” they said. Also, their hands were full of peaches – guess they had been “just looking” in the orchards too!

Produce theft is common on farms during the harvest season. It is very frustrating and maddening for the farmers.

Entitled customers are another annoyance.

Last Sunday our quiet afternoon was interrupted when a car drove onto our yard and honked their horn. They never bothered to get out of the car but sat there and continued honking. Then they drove all around the barns, looking for someone I guess. Eventually they phoned us, wanting to pick cherries – which we do not even grow.

A neighbour had her quiet Sunday disturbed by people in her front yard taking pictures of her flowers. They had walked through the farm, from the nearby winery and insisted they were allowed to be there and didn’t leave without an argument. Then she discovered another group of winery customers inside her chicken pen, looking for eggs!

Another farmer had some people come into their barn who admitted had seen the sign on the fruit stand that read “Closed. Sold out of peaches.” But they asked anyway, “Do you have any peaches?”

The many wineries, fruit stands, pick-your-own farms, and even the beautiful countryside … bring a lot of people – and money – into our area. But they bring challenges as well.

And now that I’ve had my rant …

What’s in the box?

Carrots, green peppers, eggplant, onions, green beans, tomatoes, mini-romaine lettuce,

Extras – beets

• We have carrots! Carrots are not difficult to grow but they do take some extra care – care that we often do not have the time to give them. This year our goal was to grow some great carrots. We watered the ground daily until the seeds germinated (it was very dry when we seeded them) and have been diligent in keeping them weeded. The result – some really nice, delicious carrots!
• Our pepper plants are loaded with fruit, so we’ll enjoy some green peppers now and then wait for the rest to turn colour later.
• We have a bumper crop of eggplant this season – it really likes all the rain we’ve been having! Eggplant is delicious and can be used in so many ways. http://www.cookwithwhatyouhave.com has lots of useful information about eggplant & at least 25 recipes to start you off!

• How about a large onion instead of green onions! We are picking our first ones this week – a mild & sweet, heirloom Spanish onion called Ailsa Craig.
• Green beans, tomatoes and mini-romaine lettuce complete the box this week.
• Extras – There will be beets available for those who would like some.

Fruit – peaches

*** (for those who signed up for fruit)

___________________________________________

Around the farm this week …

60 large round bales of wheat straw arrived, for mulching vegetables next year.

Proud of the beautiful artichokes we are growing this season!

Another day, another storm! Seems every cloud is full of rain this year.

Where are the customers? It was a very wet day at the Georgetown market on Saturday. But we had an amazing display of tomatoes! And overall, sales were ok.

Thank you for returning all baskets and containers. We can reuse them!

Signs of summer on the farm …

The garlic has been harvested!

Now it is drying – some in the barn and some in the greenhouse. (The barn smells pretty amazing right now!) It will take several weeks to dry. Then we can trim it, clean it and sell it.

We are picking more and more tomatoes – not just the cherry tomatoes now, but larger ones too.

We have even picked a few big, red, beefsteak tomatoes!

Eggplant too!

Blackberries are starting to show some colour!

And lastly, the Japanese beetles are back. Their talent is turning leaves into lace! Favourite crops include eggplant, edamame beans and blackberries. They usually don’t bother the rest of the farm.

What’s in the box?

Green beans, fennel, tomatoes, cucumbers, beets, zucchini, green onions, salad green.

• Green beans make their first appearance in the box.
• Our first planting of fennel is ready for harvest. Fennel has a beautiful anise or licorice flavour and is wonderful shaved into salads or sliced on a vegetable tray. Roasting or sauteing fennel results in a milder and very delicious flavour. Check out fennel recipes & tips on how to use it at http://www.cookwithwhatyouhave.com.

• Enjoy a bigger taste of tomatoes this week. Each week now there will be a bigger selection of sizes and colours.
• Cucumbers are usually a challenge for us – this year being no exception. The plants we do have are producing some fruit, but the next planting appears more promising. Fingers crossed!
• Beets, zucchini, green onions and a salad green complete the box this week.

Fruit – peaches & early golden plums

*** (for those who signed up for fruit)

____________________________________________

Around the farm this week …

After the storm on Thursday evening …

Taking it easy & enjoying the dog days (and cat days) of summer!

I remember exactly when it happened.

It was 8 years ago – the summer of 2015.

I was on the tractor spraying peaches – again!

I got to the end of the row and couldn’t remember where I had sprayed or which row I had to do next. That part was not unusual. Spraying was when I did my best thinking, and would get so carried away with my thoughts that I often got mixed up at the ends of the peach rows. Fortunately I could usually determine by the tire-flattened grass where I had been and thus where I should go.

But this time I was thinking that I had had enough. Enough of spraying. Enough of peaches. Enough of all fruit trees.

And so after much discussion & planning we made the decision to remove all of our fruit orchards.

While it was a good decision for our family, it certainly affected our CSA program!

Offering both fruit and vegetables was a big draw – without the fruit we lost over half of our CSA members.

Now this year we have gone back to the old days. We are again offering fruit in our CSA – as an add-on to our vegetables. Many of you signed up for it on your application back in the winter.

We are excited about this new venture which starts this week!

For those who did not sign up for fruit, we encourage you to visit the fruit stand at Pineview and purchase your fruit there. Along with their fruit & vegetables they offer baked goods and ice cream. Check them out at https://www.facebook.com/pinevieworchards.

What’s in the box?

Tomatoes, fresh garlic, fresh herb bunches, lettuce, bok choy, zucchini.

• We picked out 1st (cherry) tomatoes about 2 weeks ago – just a very few. Last week there were a few more. This week we have enough to put in the CSA box. There will be a half pint box, which is really just a taste – but a delicious taste! And a foretaste of what is to come. Enjoy!
• Fresh garlic has a wonderful strong, pungent garlic flavour – much stronger than the garlic scapes you received in your box earlier. Because it has just been pulled and is not dry, it should be kept at room temperature, and in a place with good air circulation. You can leave it there and it will slowly cure & dry. Or enjoy it right away in your cooking, but know that once the bulb is broken open, it should be stored in the fridge and used within a few days. Enjoy!
• Choose a bunch of fresh herbs – parsley, dill, cilantro, mint or basil.
• Lettuce mix, bok choy and zucchini finish the box this week.

Fruit – peaches & apricots

*** for those who signed up for fruit on their application.

_________________________________________

Around the farm this week …

We are farming in a yellow sea of sunshine these days. The neighbour’s cover crop of mustard is in full bloom – and we are enjoying it!

Our sunflower harvest has begun.

I mowed our cover crop of oats & peas growing where the old blackberry rows were. Then I reseeded it to buckwheat for the summer – it is just starting to sprout.

A sad sight!

When we went to pick the broccoli last week after the rains, there was already a lot of spoilage – probably more than half of the heads. The ones that were still good, we picked, but they went bad quickly too.

The broccoli plants were big, lush & thick. Moisture was trapped in the foliage and the heads couldn’t dry out – so they rotted. The high heat & humidity only made things worse.

All the broccoli went to the compost pile.

Fortunately all CSA members received broccoli in their box once. And we had lots to sell at market one day as well.

Still it was a big disappointment and loss.

If we were to keep a tally, the rain was harmful to the broccoli, early cabbage, and at least one planting of kohlrabi. Some lettuce too. But it was beneficial to just about everything else.

The effect of the rain was especially evident on the crops we direct seed into the fields – sunflowers and beans. These usually take around 7 days to germinate. Earlier in the season when it was drier, and the temperatures cooler, it was 10-12 days before they poked through the soil. But during the wet & hot week the sunflowers (below) were up in 4 days and beans in 5. What a difference rain makes!

Coming soon …

What’s in the box?

Mini-cabbage, kale bunches, mini-romaine lettuce, zucchini, kohlrabi, green onions, beets.

• We like to grow smaller cabbages rather than those huge heads. And this year they are even smaller! The rains were starting to crack the cabbage heads so we picked them small rather than lose them all.
• Earlier we had bags of baby kale and there is baby kale in our spicy salad mix. But this week it’s full size kale. Eat it for the great taste and eat it because it is healthy! We are growing black kale (pictured below left) – also known as dinosaur kale – as well as curly kale.

• Romaine lettuce is another vegetable where we prefer the smaller varieties. It is more tender, mild & delicious than the larger kinds. We started picking a new bed on Friday for market on Saturday. It was perfect! However lettuce does not like the hot temperatures & humidity so by today it was beginning to stretch & bolt. The good news is that we grew lots so there still should be enough for everyone. However, similar to the cabbage we will pick it even smaller rather than allowing it to size up more and risk losing it.

• Zucchini is coming on strong! Green, yellow, striped – they all taste similar and can be used the same. We also grow the scalloped, round patty pan varieties. These taste the same but are slightly firmer in texture. Use them like any other zucchini.
• Kohlrabi, green onions & beets complete the box this week.

__________________________________________

Around the farm this week …

We moved our occultation tarp this week (For an explanation of occultation see https://thiessenfarms.com/2017/04/12/occultation). That gave us a beautiful, weed-free patch of ground, which we promptly filled with transplants.

CSA week 6 ready to go.

Rabbits all over the farm these days!

“Opportunities”

That is what we are encouraged to call them, rather than “problems” – at least according to motivational speakers, self-help experts and positive thinkers. And they are not wrong!

But sometimes problem is the more accurate word, and so it shall remain a part of my vocabulary (along with struggle, challenge, and the big ones – mistake and failure).

Of course I much prefer words like success, completion, victory and even triumph!

We are entering July and week 6 of our CSA and farmers’ market. Now is a good time to take stock and review the opportunities etc … of this season so far, and how we are handling them.

Here is a list, in no particular order.

• We seed green beans every week, (8 times so far) but only the last few seedings have amounted to anything. So there will be green beans – but not for awhile.
• Broccoli can be tricky to grow – at least for us. We were not prepared to admit defeat, but decided on just 1 planting this year, to minimize the failure. But it turned out amazing! It was a surprise in the CSA box last Thursday & Friday and there will be plenty for Tuesday’s share this week. Why didn’t we plant more!!

• Carrots, cucumbers & cauliflower have always been challenges for us (https://thiessenfarms.com/2021/08/30/csa-2021-week-14). However, I am happy to report that the carrots are doing very well. Cucumbers could still go either way. And check out this cauliflower! The good news is that it is a success – at least the orange variety is. The bad news is that we only grew a few plants to see if our improved growing methods could produce results. Next year we will grow enough for CSA.

• Early cabbages were doing great until we got all this rain. Same with kohlrabi. Both of these vegetables tend to split.

• Artichokes require a few extra steps to trick them into producing a crop in our climate. With varied results previously, we decided to make another attempt this season. I’m smiling!

• Everybody missed the blackberries last year. But this year we anticipate an abundance! We will be harvesting the new rows (planted in 2021) for the 1st time. We removed the 2 old rows last fall. It will be an opportunity to find additional help for picking in August.

• Weeds are always an opportunity problem! What more can we say. Lots of rain these last couple weeks have caused tremendous growth in both vegetables and weeds. We have some work ahead of us.

What’s in the box?

Chinese (napa) cabbage, kohlrabi, zucchini, salad greens, green onions, beets, garlic scapes, fresh herbs, broccoli (Tuesday pick-up).

• Chinese cabbage is one of my favourite vegetables. Crisp, tender, and mild – it is delicious used fresh in a salad instead of lettuce. Or use the large leaves as wraps, make it into coleslaw, kimchi or stir-fry it. While the outer leaves are a lovely green colour, the inside is often creamy white. It prefers cooler weather and does best in fall, but we like to try it in spring & summer as well. This year it turned out great!
• Kohlrabi is a strange-looking vegetable – sort of like a cross between a little cabbage and a turnip. It is considered a root vegetable, though the edible round globe grows above ground. Kohlrabi is most often eaten raw – just peeled & sliced. The taste & texture resembles fresh, crunchy broccoli stems, with a bit of radish thrown in. Use on raw vegetable platters and serve with a creamy dip. Grated kohlrabi can be added to slaws. We like to spiralize our kohlrabi and use it instead of pasta. Kohlrabi can also be steamed or boiled – when the bulbs are tender, peel skin, and season with butter, salt, and pepper, a cheese sauce, or just enjoy plain. They are good for mashing with other vegetables – parsnips, carrots or potatoes. Kohlrabi absorbs the flavour of other ingredients making it ideal to add to soup, stew and stir-fries. The bulbs should be stored, unwashed, in a plastic bag in the fridge. They will hold for a week. Our favourite way to cook kohlrabi is to sautée it in butter & garlicscapes for just a few minutes. Then add just a dash of nutmeg. Delicious!
• The rest of the box is familiar – zucchini, a salad green, green onions, beets, garlic scapes, and a choice of fresh herbs (cilantro, dill or parsley).
• Tuesday’s box will include broccoli. Perhaps there will be enough for the rest of the week too.

__________________________________________

Around the farm this week …

Once the rain stops there will be lots of weeding to do …

… and plenty of transplanting as well.

Ready for CSA pick-up last Tuesday.

Our market stall on Saturday.

Rosemary saw opportunity in the barn swallow nest high in the rafters of the barn. (It turned out to be a failed mission.)

Searching for those 1st ripe cherry tomatoes.

This is our view out the window when we sit at our table for mealtime.

It changes almost daily – vegetables are planted, they grow, we harvest them, and then it repeats. The white insect covers come & go as well, and move around the field. The railroad tracks are right there and trains pass by multiple times each day.

It’s a great view!

And here are some views of the farm we don’t get to see very often

Barns, houses and greenhouse to the left & bottom of the picture. Vegetable beds to the right.

Here are these same vegetable beds at ground level today!

This photo shows our entire growing area. The tomato & pepper patches are at the very right hand side of the picture.

It is fun to see the farm from above. We hope to do it again later in the summer and see how it all looks then. Thank you to Carter from Vacant Inn Productions (www.vacantinnproductions.com) for these drone shots!

What’s in the box?

Zucchini, garlic scapes, fresh herbs, beets, green onions, salad turnips, salad greens.

• The 1st zucchini are always special – a delicious change from all the salad greens of spring, and a sure sign that summer has arrived! As usual these first zucchini can be a bit wonky, like the plants are not quite sure how to form them yet. But no worries – in a few days they’ll be pros at pumping out a plethora of perfect fruit in shades of green, yellow and even stripes.

• First it was green garlic. Now there are garlic scapes. Scapes grow out of the top of the garlic plant and curl around in a loose coil. If we left them they would eventually flower and go to seed. But we prefer that the plant uses its energy to form large garlic bulbs underground instead, so we remove the scapes. They are delicious! Use them wherever garlic bulbs are used – raw or cooked. Their flavour is a bit milder. They are also great on the BBQ. Coat the whole garlic scape with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt & pepper. Grill for a few minutes on each side until well charred & tender.  Garlic scape pesto is also a good way to use the scapes. Here’s a link to an interesting article, “10 things to do with garlic scapes, the best veg you’re not cooking yet”.  https://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/ingredients/article/garlic-scapes

• Fresh herbs are a treat to use in cooking, adding a burst of flavour. Choose from cilantro, dill, parsley or mint bunches this week.
• Beets, green onions, salad turnips and several salad greens (lettuce, spicy salad, spinach, arugula, bok choy, baby kale) finish the box this week.

__________________________________________

Around the farm this week …

A mix of sunshine and rain creates good growth in the vegetables.

The winter squash is planted – and being decimated by cucumber/squash beetles. The white colour is from kaolin clay a natural mineral that is mixed with water and sprayed on the plant. It forms a barrier for feeding and egg-laying, and sticks to the bugs and irritates them. Of course it rained soon after application so I’ll have to repeat it when the weather clears.

Bumble bees in the flowers by the barn this morning.

The GO Train passes by the farm just after 7am on weekdays.

During the winter I would hear it from my bed.

As spring rolled around I would watch it pass while sitting at the table eating breakfast.

And now we are usually outside working when the train comes by.

This morning I stumbled outside earlier than I would have liked for a Monday morning – but the sun was rising together with some fog, and I knew it would make for lovely pictures.

What’s in the box?

Green onions, beets, salad turnips, salad greens.

Slowly but surely we are adding more vegetables to the box – though green greens are still the main component!

Just a reminder that all greens have been rinsed once. You may want to wash them again.

• Our 1st green onions are small & tender – and delicious!
• Beets are a favourite vegetable for many of our CSA members. We think there should be enough for a small bunch for everyone this week. But it can be hard to judge the quantity when they are out in the field – so we reserve the right to change our mind and keep you waiting another week if necessary. But fingers crossed!
• Did you enjoy the salad turnips? There will be another bunch in your share this week. Shred them into your salad, slice them into a stir fry, or just munch them as a snack.
• And speaking of salads … there will be a variety of salad greens this week. The fields are bursting with lettuce, spinach, arugula, baby kale, bok choy and our spicy salad mix. You will find several of these in the box.

*** As a member of our CSA you have access to http://www.cookwithwhatyouhave.com. This website has 900+ recipes, storage and preserving tips, pantry stocking suggestions and vegetable prep videos, organized by vegetable and created using CSA produce. Log in using the access key you received at sign up or ask us to send it to you again.

__________________________________________

Around the farm this week …

The blackberries are in bloom! We will have to wait until early August for the 1st taste.

Elderberries are also blooming. Look for elderflowers at market this Saturday.

Another good day at the Georgetown Farmers’ Market.