Well, it should be abundant August on the farm. Alas, not so much: it has been both disappointing and delightful.
For the disappointing, last Friday, I noticed what appears to be Late Blight on my cherry tomato plants and yesterday noticed it on the heirloom tomato plants. I am awaiting confirmation from the lab; however, to prevent the spread of disease, I have pulled up the affected plants. The following pictures document this.
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| Space where the plants were. |
Then, there were just too many plants to bag.
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| Plants tightly enveloped in a tarp in the field. |
Yesterday, instead of harvesting, I bagged up 40 heirloom tomato plants. Here's what they looked like with the disease.
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| Notice the brown leaves that within days spreads to the stem, fruit and eventually kills the plant. | | | | |
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And, here's my van.
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| Bagged diseased plants going to the trash away from the farm. |
Now for the delightful, I have sold some of my extra produce to the community at the school. Here's what the farm stand looks like.
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| Last week, husk cherries, cherry tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, kale, eggplant, summer squash, cucumbers and flowers were on offer. |
Meanwhile, I am planning for the fall and for February 2015.
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| Fall vegetable starts for the CSA. |
In February, I can start planting greens by peeling back the weed block fabric and tilling. Until then, I can reuse the space to cure or to store vegetables.
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| Curing shallots and acorn squash and storing Delicata squash for when folks are ready to eat winter squash. |
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