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July is the height of farm season requiring more work than probably any other month — at least in Chicago. With the sun shining, enough rain to keep all of the plants happy, and many, many happy weeds, I have had little time to write. Here is what’s going on:
Peas
They are done! Next weeks pictures [...]
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Between the rain and the heat, the weeds have outgrown many of the vegetables! Here is this week’s photoset:
Peas
This is it! Pea season is officially over. I pulled a number of peas off the vines today. They taste great. I got about 5 peas for each plant. No fertilizer, just weeding and watering.
Cilantro
The cilantro [...]
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With the inches and inches of rain this week, it was both hard to get any work done and a great week for growing. Here is this weeks harvest:
In the harvest is peas, spinach, rocky top lettuce, radishes, and cilantro. Here is what’s going on around the farm:
Lincoln Peas
Pea harvest season is here. [...]
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Live from the Farm: Water Logged Chard
The rain recently has done wonders for the plants, but this swiss chard plant can’t take it. I haven’t checked the actual count, but I’m guessing we received about 3 inches of rain today. No flooding in the beds though.
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The farm is in full growth. Below is a large selection of pictures from all across the farm.
Peas
The peas are looking good. You can see from the photos that they need some training to work their way up the trellis. But I’m confident they are good learners.
Tomatoes
The tomatoes are coming up slowly but surely. They [...]
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Swiss Chard about 3 inches high.
Live from the Farm: Swiss Chard
Originally uploaded by Farmer_Jay
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I think people forget why April showers bring May flowers. This weekend was a great example — Saturday was a great day to work in the garden. Since then, we’ve had 2 great days of rain — .9 inches on Sunday and .16 on Monday. That’s a full inch of rain. With freshly planted seeds [...]
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