My, how the summer flies! I can't believe it's July. Unfortunately some of our sweet corn has missed the "knee-high by the 4th of July" standard. I'm wondering if we'll even get any this summer. A few weeks ago we were out in the sweet corn fields weeding and discovered that half of our first planting was only 6 inches tall, had tassled, and had baby ears of corn already! This is not a good sign. Perhaps we'll have stir-fry sweet corn instead of the traditional sized delicious ears. Quite sad, really.
Other than that things are going along just swimmingly. We've just harvested the first beets of the season! I am really excited about them. I've always loved beets. I love their deep red, almost purple color. I love the taste of sweet, earthy goodness. They're amazing with a little salt and butter. The broccoli is huge. I am amazed every time we go out to harvest it. It's one of my favorite things to harvest too. We take along large harvest knives that are about the size of half a machete. Then one person hacks at the stem. If you're good and the knife is sharp you can cut through the thick stalk with one swing. Next you toss it to your partner who takes off the excess leaves and puts it into the crate. It's so much better than harvesting zucchini which leaves your arms all scratched up from the prickly plants. Boo hiss.
So that's the update from the farm. Tomatoes and peppers are coming soon. But not soon enough for me. I'm so tempted to start frying the green tomatoes. I might have too soon. But for right now I'm content with my fresh garlic and broccoli pizza. mmmmh.