A thirsty wind whipped carrot. Although we have improved our irrigation system, we have unfortunately lost two beds of carrots to the carrot rust fly. This insect lays eggs at the base of plants in the carrot family (Apiaceae or Umbelliferae). Once hatched, the larvaes feed on the carrot, leaving it too damaged to market.
Its been a busy month for us. So busy that we have skipped 4 weeks of our “weekly” updates. Harvest days have been particularly long this month (beans, peas, tomatoes, etc.) but we have also been having fun with our fellow years from Pearson College, several of which convened on the campus and Wind Whipped Farm for our 10-year reunion. We took the time to enjoy everyone’s presence and the reunion activities and got lots of work done thanks to our hard working guests. Jill (from Berlin) harvested potatoes, Brandon (from Hay River, NWT) and Andres (from New Mexico) pulled out the pea plants, Taarini (from Dehli) harvested carrots, Jacolien (from Holland) weeded the rhubarb patch and Carolina (from Chile) and Marieta (from Spain) cleaned the garlic. Throughout the month of August, many more visited and pitched in. Thanks to their help and that of Molly Buchanan who did the town drop-offs, we had a great time and managed to keep those veggie boxes nice and full.
Thank you to those who completed the survey. We were thrilled that 46 box members participated and happy to get overall positive feedback. Several great ideas on how to improve the program were also submitted, we look forward to exploring how to incorporate as many as possible to next year’s operations.
This week we are adding two recipes for Rutabaga, which is essentially a big yellow turnip. This root vegetable keeps very well in a fridge or cold storage.
Hi Alex and Virginie! I just wanted to let you know I’m going to be at Eat Here Now tomorrow. Since I’ve become the first nominated candidate for the BC Green Party, I’m speaking for a few minutes at noon, and I’m going to give you and the Local Food Box some SERIOUS love. I hope you can make it or some friends will tell you about it.