Red Butter Lettuce with exposed burned edges
For the second week in a row, we have lost our planting of Red Butter lettuce to a pervasive burn which effects the edges of the leaves. It looks beautiful, until you start to pull it apart. We will face a lot of disappointed customers at the markets, but luckily have other lettuces to offer. The burn seems to correspond to heat during certain parts of the growth cycle.
The old saying, “Don’t put all your eggs into one basket” comes to mind right now. The farm has lots of baskets and they are full of many summer crops. Take a look:
This week’s ruined Red Butter crop in the center. Last week’s failed crop on the left.
The full crew picks beans.
Asparagus in frond stage
Melons
Tomatoes are beginning to color.
Just harvested pea shoots
The first row of of a new crop of carrots was picked today.
Garlic chives are flowering.
Cloudy skys over the winter squash field. The plants are taking off, but not yet flowering.
The yellow raspberries are in full production.
