Produce Box ALERT - August 2, 2012

Photo: arvindgrover/Flickr

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Collards are one of the few vegetables on our list that actually become tastier with frost. Both cold-tolerant and heat-tolerant, collards are an understated, easygoing crop. According the Heirloom Organics website, collards can tolerate slightly alkaline soil and drought. Quality of leaves may suffer under these conditions, so it’s best to grow collards in a cool, moist atmosphere with balanced soil and plenty of sunshine.

Here at Two Crones Farm we grow several different varities of collards, with one of our favorites called Tree Collards. Since this variety has no seed it must be propagated from cuttings.  Kathi has successfully propagated new starts so if you would like to plant some for yourself she would be happy to share.

We are so fortunate in our area to be able to grow the garden year round. This week marks the beginning of the fall planting, all from open source seed or seed that we have collected from prior years. If you have a particular winter crop that you like let us know, we'd love to customize our garden plan to suit your tastes!

This week the boxes will include:

Seedless Grapes

Cantalope or Honey Dew melon

Sweet Corn
Allium Mix - Onions: purple, yellow, white or shallots, garlic
Red Potatos
Mixed Greens
Heirloom Tomatos - limited quantities available
Apples - limited quantities available
Butternut Squash
Cucumbers - English & Lemon
Farm Fresh Eggs - limited quantities available
Local Honey - 16oz Raw ($10 additional)

 

Volunteer Opportunity:

Have you heard about the work that we are doing with Food Rescue? If you or anyone you know has excess fruit from their backyard trees our group of volunteers would love to help collect and distribute to families in need.There will be a flyer in your box this week with more information on how you can get involved!

                                    We are ever grateful for your support,

Farmer Kathi & Farmer Shelee