June Bloom - Deliveries Start June 18th

 The North Garden in Mid May

 

Karakovan Style Hive

Hello Moon Bears,

Looks like we will start deliveries on Thursday June 18th. We have a lot of new kale right now if anyone wants to cut some themselves. We also have two spots available for our CSA (See the last entries for details).

You can see how green everything is. This time of the work year is sort of like riding a runaway truck with no brakes. The weeds and the sprouts and the bugs and the soil preparation and the promotion happen all at once. Just hang on and do as much as you can.

Potatoes are nearly two feet tall, with little 1 inch spuds hidden in the pile beneath. Broccoli is growing heads. The bees are swarming around the bolted kale and radishes. And the Caraflex cabbages have the cutest cone heads you've ever seen.

We listened to your feedback from last year. So this year we are planting more salad greens in succession. Also, our  onion crop is twice the size and variety as last year. So far the winter squash looks good too. We'll try to never repeat our 50% loss from vine borers last year. We rotated our squash patch far away from the infected areas. Keep your fingers crossed. Control is not an option in a true organic garden. One can only rely on patience and presence and practice With the Earth as partner.

We also installed our first beehive. This is an old time design made with a hollow cottonwood log. It's primary purpose is home for the bees, a round sanctuary. Its a modified Karakovan hive and it also is akin to many African designs. See these links for more details: Karakovan & Stellar Bees. We also have a nice patch of milkweed for the Monarch Butterflies we saw last year.

We're so looking forward to seeing you this Summer, with coolers full of living, lovely produce.

Rick

(c) Copyright, Words and Images, Moon Bear Produce, Rick Sievers, May 2015