Harvest results

Not much room for Deb!

We sold lots of lettuce today at the market. We started the day with a 21 lb harvest of four varieties of lettuce. I think all but 5 lbs made its way to a new home.  We also picked (and sold) 2 lbs of Miner's Lettuce. We harvested 1.5 lbs of regular spinach and 1 lb of New Zealand spinach. Add 2 more lbs of mixed dark greens to the tally, and lastly we picked and sold some Burnet, Parsley, Thyme, Dill, Fennel, and Oregano. I think that about covers it, unless we are forgetting anything. This morning was such a blur. We woke up at 5:00am to get our harvest in so that everything would be fresh. I haven't seen 5am in quite some time before this morning. I'm just now typing this blog while waking from a two hour nap, so pardon any grammar issues.

A truck full of greens

The farmer's market at Festival Way shopping center in Waldorf was a pleasant treat today. The shoppers who showed up were very nice people often engaging in friendly conversation. Most of the farmers/producers seem to try to grow things in an organic fashion, which is refreshing. The market is organized by Mrs. Eaton of Eaton Farm. She was very nice to us, and helped us with anything we needed. She started out as a producer at the Laplata farmers market. She was tired of non-producers showing up (resellers who buy produce from any farm, far away), so she started her own market elsewhere. Mrs. Eaton later told us, we need a name for our "farm". A little quick thinking, and we came up with Emmett Farm, named after my late grandfather. After all, he is the reason why I enjoy and know how to turn dirt to food. Also, the big garden / greenhouse is his old garden bed, so it seemed appropriate.

Selling our surplus at the market

After we left the market, the lettuce beds were vacant. We did leave a few random lettuce plants to grow flowers and seed for the fall crop. Deb & I went right to work, planting more tomatoes, peppers, and squash in their place. We tried something new while transplanting the seedlings; we added about 2 tablespoons of the Dr. Earth organic veggie fertilizer to the hole right before we put each plant in. We were told this non burning "starter fertilizer" would help the plants grow fast and strong.

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Total produce count for the year:

lots of  parsley

lots of peppermint

lots of spearmint

lots of lemon balm

lots of burnet

lots of fennel

lots of thyme

lots of dill

11 strawberries

1/2 lb carrot roots

1 head of garlic

2/5 lb snap peas

8.5 lb assorted dark greens

7/8 lb baby radishes/greens

1/4 lb mature radish roots

34.25 lb assorted lettuce

2 2/3 lb spinach

1.5 lb turnip roots

2.63 lb miner's lettuce

3/16 lb mache/corn salad

5/8 lb young dark greens

1/3 lb arugula

3 asparagus spears

3 trays of wheat grass(inside)

3 trays micro  greens(grown inside)