Jen and David

Cover crop on back field by the Cogmagun river

Abundant Acres crew: Jen, David, Cassie, Steph, Bruce

The old Ford is brown and tan. (Sorry it is not a great photo).

Apple, 1 day old, and Vogue, his mom.

Lawson chopping apples before they go in the press

Look who’s in the bin!

A joyful romp in the fall

Our 3 little friends

A fennel fan!

fairy tale chinese style eggplant

Ladybird beetle outbreak. Yay!

The garlic strip with rye cover crop and straw for mulch

Our faithful Fleming host. Thanks Carol!

Mmmm… Carrots!

Stephanie and Cassie on the day they were fixing the fences

Ginger root harvest

This little person has grown up quite a bit since this photo was made

Corn

Leeks in the hands of a true leek fan.

Squash blossoms

George giving blueberries to any little person who will take them

The crew did a lot of harvesting in the rain. At least we’ve got some styling’ rain gear!

Cassie picking sungolds

Thank you sheep for eating all that nasty napweed! The pasture is starting to fill in with clover.

A dry job getting onions ready for storage

Red onions

Oliver likes the nice long carrots from last week, but this week we have the smaller, sweeter Mokum carrots

Bunching celery

Jen and Cassie in the hay mow. Bruce, David, and Phil did most of the work though

Cassie and David harvested the onions and they are drying in the greenhouse

George came out for a day to help out. He spread compost, made hay, and mowed a cover crop. Thanks George!!

Jalapeño peppers

Tomatillos! Bring on the salsa verde

“I just can’t wait till I go home to eat these tomatoes!”

Karyn and Kim. The first two people to sign up for produce packs in 2013. Thanks!

George and Monique, our Bedford hosts, making pizza.

Our black lamb is turning white… but check out her cute little ears!

My mom, Wendy, helping me pick peas in July

Wilma Langenwerf June 13

Danny, David, and Hanna

Bruce, Pierre, and Stephanie pressure washing and putting away bins after produce pack distribution

melon skin

Fairy tale eggplants

Buckwheat cover crop in back field

Harvest crew

eggplant

picking up produce packs by bike

We’re eating echinacea flowers to stay healthy

Cassie and Stephanie in front of the weir

Chris digging potatoes

Blanched snow peas, ready for freezing.

Taking the strings off snow peas.

Sugar snap peas

Basil pesto, ready to put in the freezer.

David with the flame weeder on.

Bruce planting with his dad and other buddies.

David preparing back field for vegetables next year.

Sungold cherry tomatoes coming along. After the photo, they disappeared. Hmm….

I was amazed how sweet the beets were the other night.

Flame weeding in arugula

Baby zucchini

Maintenance, maintenance, maintenance…

The cattle have grazed about half way around the garden now

Weeding, weeding, weeding…

Onions are coming along

Old greenhouse coming down down down

Finally! Great cauliflower

Bruce with garlic

cucumber time!

Sungold cherry tomatoes

hungarian hot wax peppers

green peppers

Leeks after hilling

Jen picking cherries

Garlic harvest crew: Dylan, Bruce, Christopher (and David)

The melons are taking over!

Tomatoes are getting heavy

Strawberries from week 2

Dylan Cant … but he’s proving that he can do anything

Bruce has been part of the Abundant Acres crew since January.

David giving finishing touches to the hilled brassicas

Prototype Salt of the Earth Cultivator (SOTEC)

Next year’s laying hens

Mulching garlic