One of our queens of summer, being attended to by garden staff!

Mid-Summer Bed preparation for fall garden crops. We trench in some compost at the height of decomposition. Then the beds are reshaped and top-dressed with an added layer of more finished compost. 

The peppers are developing and the cucumbers are developing... and the nicotiana, a beautifully night-scented blossom, helps to keep the pests away!

Sunset over corn... a beautiful summer sight.

We trellis tomatoes to enable us to better find and reach them(!), but also to better focus their energy on growing fruit, not just leaves. 

Cucumbers ready to work their way up the trellis.

We plant flowers for pollinators, for nutrients and compost, and for the beauty they provide to all who labor in the garden. They make lovely bouquets for us and for our CSA customers!

One of our staff hard at work!

The bounty of summer, presented on my kitchen counter: CSA customers, please come pick up your bounty on time... I want my counter back!

Ping Tung Long eggplant... an heirloom that produces beautifully and cooks up deliciously!

Summer cover crop - buckwheat and the occasional black-eyed peas - nourishes the soil and allows for us to create our own compost. This practice helps us to move toward our goal of being a full-circle farm.

Summer's share includes (during the photo week, at least): chard, beets, cucumbers, zucchini, basil, eggplant, tomatoes, and eggs... enough for a number of healthy, heritage-sourced meals for a hungry family!

Mid summer is truly a beautiful time of year.

We always, always, always breed/hatch our own chicks... but this year, a neighbor's feral cat gang got ALL 40 of our spring hatch! So we ended up with hatchery chicks, who are just about grown and starting to lay, about 5 months later.