The Harvest Bee Blog

The heat is on! What a hot and humid Fall we have had, indeed! Although the field has started to produce some lovely and tasty food, the abnormally warm weather has definitely slowed the rate of growth we had expected to be at moving into the Holiday season. Even despite the work we engaged in to build up the soil during the Summer could not have been enough to deter some of the issues we have faced, including a bout of fungus, as well as some sightings of green caterpillars and other pests normally not expected in healthy soils. These humid condtions we have seen as of late or prime mediums for such obstacles to occur, though, yet none the less we move on. We have recently resown Cucumbers, Zucchini, and Bean hoping for better results now that the weather has somewhat cooled down, especially during the nights when plants really are active. One of the benefits of the prolonged warmth is that we may be able to provide some warm weather crops much laterthan we normally might be able to. Also, the greens (Kales, Mustards, Collards, Arugula, Spinach) are looking like they are ready to take off. Furthemore, carrots, beets, and other root crops have already started sprouting and we hope to begin pulling them out of the ground as we move to the New Year. While these early season obstacles have really tested our resolve we really could not get through these bumbs without the support of all those who have shown up at the market to start the season, as well as our incredible CSA members, who are so anxiously awaiting their first boxes. We are so grateful for all the kind words and votes of confidence our CSA contituents have sent our way, despite already having experienced a 1 week delay in share distributions :-( We humbly carry that energy with us throughout these long, warm days and it sustains us during the inevitable shortfalls that accompany the farm life and while there have been some obvious set backs, we also have some exciting projects and additions to The Hive currently in the works. We will be sharing these with you as they progress so, stay tuned. (Hint: cluck, cluck!) With the projected start of the CSA coming the second week of December, we will be attempting to share our CSA newsletter on a weekly basis with everyone and therefore, will be taking a break from the monthly Meatosticku Juando so as not to be redundant. So, whether you are a CSAer or not, you can still keep updated of Harvest Bee news by checking the newsletter via Local Harvest and/or through Facebok and Instagram when it posts. We hope you all have had a great Thanksgiving with family, friends, and other loved ones and heres to a safe and satisfying Holiday season. We look forward to sharing in the joy of growing local, bio-dynamic, organic food during this magical season and into 2016! "Onen," The Bees