Planting Bush Beans and Napa Cabbage for Fall
Remember the beds we were preparing for fall crops last week? We’re beginning to plant them this week! Our very first crop to be transplanted in these beds is our fall succession of bush beans (pictured above). This variety is called Desperado and it produces green beans with a mildly sweet flavor and beautiful snap. Once they germinate, these beans take about 55 days until the first harvest. Since we started these in the greenhouse and they are already about two weeks old, we hope to be able to share them with you in early November!
The second fall crop we’ll be transplanting in the field this week is Napa cabbage. We have both a standard green variety (pictured above) along with a beautiful purple one. Since this variety of cabbage has a higher heat tolerance than a lot of our other fall crops, we’re able to get it in the field a bit earlier. Farmer Anna is incredibly excited to plant Napa cabbage because she absolutely loves making kimchi! Since Napa cabbage has a similar amount of days to maturity as our bush beans, you can expect to see them around the same time.
Have you been able to enjoy any of our late summer veggies from the Farm Stand? Our volunteer Shanaz absolutely loves the okra! Her favorite dish to make with it is bamia, an Iranian okra stew that often includes lamb and tomatoes. If you’d like to make some, try this recipe. For a quick and tasty snack, Shanaz recommends seasoning okra simply with olive oil, salt, and pepper, then cooking it in an air fryer. If you’d like to try either of these delicious recipes, make sure to pop by the Farm Stand this weekend for some okra!
In Season at the Farm Stand: Long Beans, Malabar Spinach, Armenian Cucumbers, Eggplants, and Okra.
