moving, mowing

So as not to tax my brain too heavily, I'm going to pass on the hour by hour recall of last Thursday and Friday. Suffice to say we harvested and the end result was this on Saturday:







Two newcomers to the harvest were Watermelon Radish and Daikon Radish (top pic, top row, 2nd & 3rd from left respectively).

Saturday's distribution was quite the juggling act for me as D and Marie were both out sick and E was off to Rochester to meet with a prospective landowner. Happily all went smooth.

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Spent Saturday and Sunday with H.

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Yesterday it was E and I as D was still a little under the weather.
We pulled in Radishes (All 3 varieties), Turnips, Mustard Greens, Goldenfrill, Summer Squash (whose productivity has fallen drastically) ....and Celeriac. Celeriac is one of the first pieces of farm produce I saw/ate this season and it was from last season's crop. We finally got to start harvesting this year's.
The process: As they keep well in the ground, we don't have to pull them all at once. Yesterday we took only 220, enough for one per member.
To harvest Celeriac you can do one of two things, try to pull it out by the stalks on top or lean the root to the side and sever the large taproots with a knife. When you remove it from the ground, hold it by the stalks and chop the mess of roots from the main bulb. Then slice off the stalks approximately 2" from their base.
Not too difficult, but glad D was there to "learn" us.

Gordon helped finish Celeriac and pull in Summer Squash. Before work ended I threw the rototiller on the Deere and turned in the former bed of lettuce in D.

I spent a couple hours on the bench after work (spent a little time on it today too, but didn't get that much more done).

At the moment:







Again.. coming along. Little by little.

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Today we finished harvesting for Tuesday distribution. Lettuce (which, good gravy, numbs the hands something fierce this time of year when cutting and washing), Broccoli and Kale. When D and Pam arrived we pulled some bunches of Cilantro and Dill.

It was time for a small break and then to pack the 70 bins for our remote distribution in the Bronx. Crazy, we culled what seemed to be quite a measurable percentage of the tomatoes that were left. Luckily we still had quite enough to make sure everyone got at least 3 lbs each.

During my extended break before distribution I worked on the bench a little more (as previously stated), cruised, showered and began to set up.
Things moved along without a hitch. Very nice.

Our plan tomorrow is to... get this.... MOW! Pretty much all day too... It will probably be the last mowing for the lands immediately surrounding Y, Z and the W's.

You will definitely be made aware of how things turn out.

Dig.