It's Here! 2011 CSA Info (click blue down arrow to download pdf file)

CWCF 2011 CSA Info -

MIA

Sorry we've been missing in action for a while. We've moved to our new location and have been busy setting up. Stay tuned for CSA info. We should publish next week. Hope everyone has been able to enjoy the weather this weekend. We've also joined twitter. Follow us @2organicfarmers. We hope to see you either at Atherton or Davidson markets soon.

Garlic Scape Pesto

Here is our receipt for garlic Scape pesto;
1 cup garlic scape's
3/4 cup nuts (pine, walnut, etc)
3/4 cup hard cheese (Asiago, Parm.)
1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil

First, remove white seed head from garlic scape. In a food processor chop up garlic scape's and measure out a cup. Return to food processor add hard cheese, and nuts. Mix together. Finally, slowly drizzle in olive oil. enjoy.

Its not the heat its the humidity

Another week has passed, and unfortunately the last few days have felt like the middle of summer. I don't think it is the heat... it is the humidity. Everything is doing well at the farm. We spent most of the week working on the garlic patch pulling weeds, but we did however get a few other things accomplished. We bumpde up oregano into larger containers about 200 of them. We planted about 2000 sweet corn seeds, 2000 beans, radishes, and okra this week. We also sprayed all of our crops with BT (a harmful bacteria to worms). Giving back to our community... we donated about 250 plants to the community garden at First Weslyean Church in Kannapolis, along with several thousand seeds. It is a partnership we are proud of. Besides familieshelping themselves, our plot at the garden and the churches plots produce will go directly to those in need, to the people who need it the most, and that means a lot to us. We as Americans get caught up in consumerism, and we forget there are plenty of people within our own communities who are less fortunate than us and need help and sometimes those people are our neighbors whom we seldom have time for. We are all in a big hurry most of the time, but sometimes we need to slow down in life, and be thankful for all the blessings we have. Our CSA starts up on Tuesday, and we are ready to provide our customers with the finest local organic produce for the next 30 consecutive weeks (which I believe takes us up through Thanksgiving time). Oh, and the sugar snap pea will be ready to start being harvested this weekend, that is as long as they make it out of the field and not into our mouths. We tend to call that process "Quality Control".

The Garlic Patch

Today was spent in the garlic patch, unfortunately pulling weeds. We spent over seven hours pulling weeds, and only accomplished to get half of the patch done. That means one of two things; either we are very slow at pulling weeds, or the garlic patch is extremely large... if you guessed the garlic patch is large, you are correct. With last nights rain, which we were happy to finally see, the ground was just perfect for pulling weeds. Garlic is in the ground for a long time, probably the longest crop that we grow. We started to make our raised bed in late November. Next we punched holes into the soil, and filled them with compost. The holes are on ten inch centers. After the first two step in this process was done it was time to plant the garlic one by one. After around 9,000 cloves we were done, except to cover the patch with straw. We like to use straw as a mulch to suppress the weeds. Because that is garlic number one enemy...weed competition. If garlic is not weeded, you will end up with very small bulbs. After we get done weeding the patch it will be time to fertilize them. The garlic is about the size of your middle finger right now. The bulb is made entirely in the last month it is in the ground. After we cut the scapes (garlic flower seed head), the growth happens. So it is getting close to time for that to happen. Once again thanks for your support of local organic farmers, who don't throw herbicides at their problems, and who are trying to make this earth a better place for future generations.

We need Rain

Much was accomplished this week. Planting, harvesting, weeding, and watering. We planted green beans, radishes, borage, bronze fennel, sage, swiss chard, okra, and summer squash. We are looking forward to getting our CSA started on May 4. Tomorrow we will be at the Piedmont Farmers Market and the Common Market in Charlotte. We saw our first blooms on the sugar snap peas today, and the kale will start to be harvested next week as well. Another raised bed of sunflowers we picked from the greenhouse this week , along with our beautiful long lasting zinnias. Hopefully we will receive some much need rain this weekend, so the seeds we have sown will germinate. Thanks for supporting your local and organic farmers.

Moving from Spring to Summer Crops

We have been very busy the last few weeks hoeing, cultivating, preparing new ground to plant, planting, and harvesting. We are also happy to announce the first pick-up date for our CSA is going to be on Tuesday May 4. The sugar snap sweet pea are about two foot tall, and climbing the trellis very well (but not blooming yet). We should start to harvest curled Kale this week and have it until the weather gets to hot in late June. Spring Collard Greens will start to be harvested in about two weeks for the start of the CSA. The Broccoli, Cauliflower, and Kohl-Rabi are growing steadily and look very good at this time. We are harvesting beautiful bags of lettuce and nice bunches of radishes. Next week we will start to harvest Icicle radishes they kind-of look like a white carrot. Spinach is also growing well, and should be ready to harvest this week. The cool season crops are all all in the ground at this point, and we will not return to planting them into the field until August (for a fall harvest). So now we are moving towards summer crops. Today we planted our first round of Zucchini which totaled about 500 seeds. We planted to varieties of Zucchini a standard green, and a yellow. Cucumbers totaling about 1500 seeds were also planted with canning , slicing, and a miniature white variety. In the greenhouse we currently have sunflowers, and Zinnia's in bloom. Three varieties of Sweet Potatoes also have been planted into the greenhouse. Hopefully we will be cutting slips the first week of June. The days are getting long, and the work at the farm continues to grow.