Greetings from The Neighborhood Farm!
I was going to write about how we irrigate our crops, but now that
we've had many inches of rain in the past 36 hours, that seems like
it might be better kept for another week. An extensive, soaking
rain like that will help a lot.
We continue to battle the bunnies at all of our garden sites. It
seems like there is a bunny infestation in Needham this year. We
are all in agreement that we've never seen so many before. They are
brazen little things. There are some in my garden that I could
probably pick up in my hand. They just aren't scared of anything.
There isn't much that we can (or are willing to) do to the bunnies
except fence them out of the areas we don't want them. However,
they keep chewing their way through, digging under, etc.
Our first Black Krim heirloom tomato was ready yesterday, and it was
amazing! Black Krims are delicate and hard to ship, like many of
the other heirloom tomatoes that taste fabulous, but aren't suitable
for cross-country shipping. As agriculture became more
nationalized, and food was being shipped from farther and farther
away, these delicious, old-fashioned varieties were replaced by
standardized, red, round tomatoes that could be stacked, packed,
shipped and stored. If you haven't had a fresh, home grown tomato
recently, you don't know what you're missing! We'll have lots
available within the next couple of weeks.
If you want a literal "home-grown" tomato from your own home, this
is the last week we'll be offering the tomato plants via the email
list. We'll plant some in patio containers and take them to the
Dedham Farmer's Market on Wednesday afternoons; but if you just want
the plants, this is your last chance to order them.