Week 10 of Pekarek’s Produce Weekly Vegetable Subscription
It’s hard to believe that it’s almost August. We are all enjoying a little reprieve from the heat. Much of our crew is looking forward to school starting (very weird). And our minds wander to fall when we see the pumpkins turning colors.
On The Farm
I’m still excited for these summer crops that we are starting to pick. This week you will get the first cantaloupe of the season. Yum! We often get the question “how do you pick a good cantaloupe” – the answer is, of course, you get it from Pekarek’s Produce! Ha! But really, when cantoloupe are picked, they should “slip” off the vine. So, when your looking at a good one, most likely there is an indentation where the cantaloupe was pulled off the vine (instead of a bit of vine sticking off the end when it is cut). Where that indentation is, you should get a strong smell of melons. At our place, there are only a couple of people that are actually allowed to pick the melons… the rest catch and load what gets thrown at them! (Yes, we pick the melon and then toss them to the person outside the row. It’s a fun game when the melons are small, but every once in a while, a melon goes ker-splat. I find this game much less fun when it comes to watermelons!)
A few other summer crops are coming along nicely too. We’ve got the first few eggplants that have made it into the house. We’ve just started digging potatoes, but with the recent rain and mud, that has been put on hold. Pickling cucumbers are starting to produce nicely. Another nice part of summer is that it is canning season – or freezing at my house.
If you are interested in half bushel or bushel quantities for canning or freezing, please call Ryan (402) 641-3305. We can have these ready for one of your weekly vegetable subscriptions or for a weekend. Think frozen corn, pickles, canned beets, etc!
I’m still excited for these summer crops that we are starting to pick. This week you will get the first cantaloupe of the season. Yum! We often get the question “how do you pick a good cantaloupe” – the answer is, of course, you get it from Pekarek’s Produce! Ha! But really, when cantoloupe are picked, they should “slip” off the vine. So, when your looking at a good one, most likely there is an indentation where the cantaloupe was pulled off the vine (instead of a bit of vine sticking off the end when it is cut). Where that indentation is, you should get a strong smell of melons. At our place, there are only a couple of people that are actually allowed to pick the melons… the rest catch and load what gets thrown at them! (Yes, we pick the melon and then toss them to the person outside the row. It’s a fun game when the melons are small, but every once in a while, a melon goes ker-splat. I find this game much less fun when it comes to watermelons!)
A few other summer crops are coming along nicely too. We’ve got the first few eggplants that have made it into the house. We’ve just started digging potatoes, but with the recent rain and mud, that has been put on hold. Pickling cucumbers are starting to produce nicely. Another nice part of summer is that it is canning season – or freezing at my house.
If you are interested in half bushel or bushel quantities for canning or freezing, please call Ryan (402) 641-3305. We can have these ready for one of your weekly vegetable subscriptions or for a weekend. Think frozen corn, pickles, canned beets, etc!
This Week’s Produce
Sweet Corn
Green Beans
Zuchinni or Yellow Squash
Cucumber
Cantaloupe
Your Farmers,
Ryan, Katie, Jacob, Margret, Michael, Lukas, and Grace