Another good week at the farm

This week has been a busy one! Then again, what week isn't this time of year? We've been battling the quack grass at Tuthill Farms and are slowly making a dent in the grass growing in the beds. The radishes are doing quite well out there—we had our first taste of them this week, mmmm! They will be some of our first edible items at market in a couple of weeks.

At the Stone Coop Farm property we have planted the entire hoop house with tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and basil. Those heat-loving plants have been growing like crazy this past week with all the hot weather we've been having. We got potatoes in the ground at both Stone Coop and Tuthills (a lot of potatoes) and have finally finished planting the remainder of the scallions.

As usual this weekend we will be at Brighton Farmers Market from 8am-1pm. We will have tomato, pepper and eggplant transplants available, including some wonderful heirloom tomato varieties. My sister-in-law, Jackie, will also be at market with us, selling her delicious and creative home-baked goods. In the afternoon we'll be back at the farm, pulling the wire for our brand-new deer fence that we've worked on this week. Let's hope for some good weather for market and fence-building!

-Shannon