Hot August Days!

We increased the amount of land we are farming this year.  It was quite a process.  We laid down almost 1000 feet of 1 inch pipe to get water to this new growing area this spring.  Last year, we experimented with a small run of drip tape on top of the soil and knew it worked well.  This method of irrigation conserves water and is used in as a tool in developing countries.  How fun for American agriculture to learn from how they do it in India! As with any new endeavor, the problems seemed to pile up.  And they are never what you anticipate!  But, all is going well now!  And these sure are some hot August days!  Here is the fruit of that labor - a new ~1/3 acre plot of vegetables.  Enjoy the pictures!

Looking at rows of corn, cucumbers, and beets

Rows of tomatoes, kale, and cabbages

Cabbage up close!

Lactinato Kale

Basil - and a peek at our drip tape that runs down each row

Swiss Chard next to Beets

One last picture of a portion of the field

Lettuce, Radishes, and Kale

We are selling lettuce, radishes, and kale from our farm this week.  We will not be at the Millwood Farmer's Market.  We are taking Wednesday evening off since it is our wedding anniversary.  Fourteen years!

We will be open selling produce on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday this week from 1-5pm.  Come on out!

We have almost 50 heads of Red Cross Butterhead Lettuce for sale at $2/head.  This lettuce has a nice delicate texture and is beautiful to look at.

Red Cross Lettuce

Our kale is $2/bunch or $4 for a large bag.

Radishes are $2/bunch and we have two types of radishes available: a round red radish and a long french radish.

 Tomatoes and cucumbers should be available next week. Yum!

"Socrates" Cucumbers

"New Girl" Tomatoes

Pictures of cucumbers and tomatoes trellised in the greenhouse.  To see our greenhouse made from recycled materials, click here.  A recycled greenhouse was one of our projects last year.

This Week at the Market

I believe Spokane has joined the rest of the country in a heat wave. Temperatures in the 90's are expected all week. Heat loving plants like tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant rejoice!

It is hard to keep lettuce and greens looking good and not wilting at the farmers market. We are careful to harvest our lettuce very early in the morning. The roots will still be attached to allow us to keep the plant cool in cold water. We will also offer produce for sale directly from our farm. Contact us to find a time to come and select your veggies!

Our Baby Lettuce Mesclun Mix comes bagged and is ready for the salad bowl and includes many types of lettuce and other greens. Currently we use red lettuce, green lettuce, spinach, chard, and beet leaves. We don't include any spicy greens in our lettuce mix. The spicy greens are found in our Asian Greens Mix.

Available this week:

Red Early Potatoes
Adirondack Blue Potatoes (All Blue)
Garlic
Lettuce
Baby Lettuce Mesclun Mix
Radishes
Sugar Snap Peas
Spinach
Kale
Swiss Chard
Turnips
Golden Beets
Pink Baby Beets
Kohlrabi

There is still time to reserve your all natural chicken too. These chickens are guaranteed to have no antibiotics or hormones and are fed a local blend of dry peas, wheat, and barley without any feed additives.

Millwood Farmer's Market

This is our first year selling our vegetables and other farm products beyond our family and friends. Last summer, we ventured out to many Spokane area Farmer's Markets to see if this would be an option for us. We ended up applying as a vendor to only one Farmer's Market - the Millwood Farmer's Market that is held on Wednesdays from 3-7pm in the parking lot of Millwood Presbyterian Church in the Spokane Valley. We chose this market due to its smaller size and family friendly atmosphere.

We are selling vegetable starts (including tomato plants with ripening tomatoes on them!), vegetables, handmade aprons, and handmade woodworking. For the month of July, we will take reservations for our naturally raised meat chickens. Chickens are $15 each for approximately a five pound bird, or roughly $3/pound.

We are not selling at the market every week. We have a few family commitments that will keep us home on some Wednesdays. The vegetables keep growing even if we don't get to the market, so if you are looking for fresh locally grown produce, contact us! We may be able to supply your needs directly from our farm located near the Spokane International Airport and approximately five minutes from downtown Spokane.

We also are happy to host visitors or groups of kids. We have received visits in the past from preschool groups, homeschool kids and parents, and individuals.

Available this week:

Baby Leaf Lettuce Mix
Full heads of Asian Greens
Kale
Spinach
Swiss Chard
White Turnips
New Potatoes
Fresh Garlic

Also potted plants of:

Tomatoes
Bell and Hot Peppers
Kale
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Broccoli
Bok Choy
Greek Oregano