Farm Updates

I have nothing terribly new or exciting to report at Endeavor Farm except that we are loving every drop of rain we get and enjoying these cooler temperatures.  The tomatoes are ripening and as we transition into the fall, we are able to plant cooler weather crops like lettuces and cilantro.  The heat of the summer makes the lettuce bitter and the cilantro doesn't grow so we are starting seeds again for those crops. 

Terry put out the some of the cut sunflowers for the birds to enjoy the seeds.

Our cucumber experiment has been going great! The radishes are flowering and doing their job and we now have some small cucumbers on the vine. 

 

 

Our biggest pest was the rabbits this year and we have had to put up chicken wire all along the bottom of the deer fence.  They are great at finding holes and got to our Savoy Cabbage.  We think we have solved the problem but this is evidence of what they ate.

The tomato jungle!

 

 

Slugs have been going to town on the Swiss Chard and we put out slug bait but they still do a number on the leaves.  Luckily we have enough planted that we can still pick for market, but it seems like they are just not full!

 

This flower called 'Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate' is a new flower we are growing this year.  

I have never seen such a massive plant with the smallest flower!

They are beautiful but take up a lot of space.

 

We sold some kraut cabbage and eggplant this week.  The flea beetles have made the eggplant leaves look like lace but we are still able to harvest some beautiful heirloom eggplants.