Heirloom Harvest

We are in the last full week of August and have been harvesting like crazy. This week's tally includes heirloom tomatoes in addition to the determinate Taxi and Valley Girl varieties, green and yellow beans, corn, carrots, eggplants, and peppers! We got two new interns this week Austin and Kristen (yeah!), and lost five faves (sniff, so a sweet and bittersweet week to say the least. Good luck Lucia, Jessica, Jacob, Elena and Ian! Also a shout out to Alex and Colten, who returned to school for the fall a few weeks ago. We miss you! Here are the fotos of the week:

Aug 21

Midday siesta on the roof deck of the hippie bus during lunch Monday, prior to our second harvest of organic sweet corn in Matsuta 11. Feet from left to right belong to Chris, Ryan, Arlo and Ken.

 Aug 22

Joshua, squirreling away some ripe heirloom cherry tomatoes as we pruned and
wove tomatoes trough the trellising on Tuesday in Pie Four.

 Aug 23

Bundling carrots for CSA member shares on Wednesday. Ryan with Austin and Kristen, two of our newest interns in Black Two. Ken, Kyle and Emma in the background.

 Aug 24

Harvesting green beans in Black Two on Justin's birthday!

Aug 25 

Isaac and Katie with two beautiful heirloom tomatoes from our first harvest in Pie Four. We managed to pack over twenty boxes for wholesale this day when Isaac originally thought we'd get no more than two!

 Aug 26

Me with my girl, Lucia, at the Fort Collins Farmer's Market in Olde Town on Saturday.

Bonus Fotos:

Ian (Puppy!) on the tractor in Matsuta !! during corn harvesting.

 

Luke with a gorgeous box of heirloom tomatoes, fresh from the field!
 I packed that box... so proud!!

Couldn't resist one blast from the past... Elena, Lucia, and Jacob, three of the original crew on a smokey day last spring. Gangsta. 

Looking forward to another week with cooler temperatures, and more lovely veggie harvesting! THe sun has been shining, the days are getting shorter, and the abundance is overwhelming. It's a lovely time to be a farmer, and my favorite month, September, is just around the corner. Thank you to everyone who has been following the blog, sending the link, reposting the pics, and commenting. The blog surpassed five thousand hits last week. I am honored by your compliments and readership. Thank you. 

XO,

Val