Preparing for Tomato Planting

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Preparations for tomato planting are officially underway on the farm! This week our focus is to get all of our beds in both the field and the high tunnel prepared and ready to go for planting next week. This process involves re-shaping the existing beds and adding amendments like compost and organic fertilizer. If you’re curious what varieties we’re growing this year, check out this post. We can’t wait to see all of these rows filled with beautiful tomato plants!

We’ll have the first icicle radishes of the season for you at the farm stand this weekend! As their name implies, these radishes are long and white in color. Icicle is a mini-Daikon radish variety with a peppery bite and crunchy texture. Farmer Alex recommends using them for a batch of pickles (here’s a great recipe) or to make kimchi. If you’re interested in making your own kimchi, we also have Napa cabbages available at the farm stand!

Look at how big our garlic is getting! We planted two soft neck garlic varieties (Italian and Inchelium) at the beginning of January. Soft neck garlic does better in areas with mild winters and hot summers while hard neck varieties are more cold-hardy. Unlike hard neck varieties, soft neck garlic will not form a scape (an edible central stalk). While we’re still far away from a mature garlic harvest, we will be able to harvest green garlic in about a month. Similar to our spring onions, green garlic is simply immature garlic that hasn’t fully formed. We’ll let you know once we’ve harvested some so that you can try it!

In Season at the Farm Stand: Icicle Radishes, Broccoli Rabe, Kohlrabi, Celery, Spring Onions, Sugar Snap Peas, Salad Radishes, Turnips, Kale, Collards, Cabbage, and Cilantro.