Newsletter August 3

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Sunday 11am to 4pm

When you want to be the best
Forget the rest
Come to the Farm
Enjoy the charm

Hello!
It’s so great to say the summer is fabulous – the flowers, gardens, weather is grand.

The produce is outstanding, the watermelon is the best ever. Tomatoes are so delicious. The potatoes are flavorful and the cabbage is out of this world.

Finally getting excellent peaches from Colorado. This is exceptional early but I’ll take it. This has been the worst peach season I have ever had. I dumped a lot of cases. Onions are being pulled. They were behind because of the late spring.

Garlic soon will be ready to dig. The tops need to be dry so they will store good. Finish drying them in your garage on a gunny sack or newspaper.

Harvesting Organic
Tomatoes – Slicing, Cherry
Eggplant
Zucchini
Potatoes – Red, White, Yellow
Onions – Sweet, Red, Green
Shallots
Lettuce
Peppers – Green, Red, Sweet, Hot
Cabbage – Green, Red
Dill, Dill Fern
Herbs – Basil, Parsley, Rosemary
Beets

Fill Your Willow Basket
Sweet Corn, Local
Tomatoes, Local
Watermelon
Muskmelon
Colorado Peaches
Nectarines, California
Red & Green Grapes, California
Meyer Lemons, California
Plouts, California
Baby Red Spuds, Local
Green Beans, Local
Yellow Beans, Local

When you pick Lettuce, Cucumbers, Cabbage, Beans or whatever may go limp after harvest, put in a pail of cold water to keep it crisp. Drain and refrigerate.
Time to give your flower pots a little food. I use Peters or Jacks.
Happy Gardening – eat well.
– Donna
At The Farm
Waconia’s Farmer’s Market
952-442-4816