Produce news: We have summer squash! And basil! Let us know if you're interested in quantities of basil for pesto. Also, we're now cutting from a new planting of salad mix, Thursday will be only the second harvest so no bitterness - it'll be good to have a fresh, tender mix! We'll be low on head lettuce for a while as the second crop grows out, but it won't be long with this warm weather.

Planting news: The second corn crop is up! The third crop should go in today, with another planting of lettuce and squash.

Gotta run!

Monday Market opens tomorrow!

Looking foward to seeing everyone out at the first Hendersonville Co-op Tailgate Market.  It's open every Monday from 3-6. 

Got a second planting of corn in this week, between all the rain.  Hopefully this week, I'll be able to catch up with the new weeds and get the rest of the second crop of everything in the ground.  

Good luck to everyone in the last full week of school!  

-Mollie

Lots of Lettuce!

wow!  the first market of the season was a great success!   Huge crowd, and we had plenty of lettuce to go around.  We'll have much the same fair this week, lettuce, salad mix, a few herbs, some cut flowers, and transplants.  I'm going to try and fit a few apple trees in the van this week as well - they are looking well, and some have even bloomed this year.  

Still planting.  About half the garden is filled with transplants now, and we're looking to fill up the rest fairly quickly...  

-Mollie

Planting season, and start of Market Season

We are in the throes of planting season!  We have moved everything out of the rented greenhouse and onto our lawn, so the race is on to plant everything before the transplants get too leggy and the flats sitting on the ground kill the grass!

Just got the cucumbers and squash transplants in the ground this week.  Next, I'll be putting in eggplant and tomato plants, pumpkins, herbs, and sunflowers, and starting the next crop of everything else  (lettuce, squash, cukes...).  The first set of sweet corn goes in next week.  We got more organic russet potatoes to fill in the missing spaces in the potatoes that are already coming up.  We've also bought some organic sweet potatoes and will be trying to grow our own slips this year.  The planting area for winter squash this year at our neighbor Tony's place has been greatly expanded, so we should have even more butternut this fall compared to last year!  We'll also be planting a fair amount of acorn squash this year.  All that winter squash goes in the ground in the next week or two.  Then there's the official cut flower garden we're attempting as well...

We hope to see everyone out at the Flat Rock Tailgate Market on opening day next Thursday.  We've got head lettuce and salad mix, and we'll see what else is ready too.  Shiitake mushrooms perhaps, and rhubarb.  We've also got some hanging baskets with strawberry plants just starting to flower, and we still have apple trees to bring if anyone would like delivery to the market (  http://fcfn.blogspot.com/2009/03/apple-trees-for-sale.html ).  

See you soon!

-Mollie

Monday Market Changes

We're moving!  Our Monday afternoon market is moving from the Garden Center to the Hendersonville Food Co-Op.  We are looking foward to being a part of this great new group.  

The market's opening day will be June 1st (times still being decided).   Hope to see  you there!

-Mollie

P.S. Still have some apple trees left!