This week the true New York heat hit. 3 days of 90+ degrees. Even starting the day at 6am it was about 80 degrees. We started to tye the tomatoes up. So many plants and lots of work. A lot of the plants have fruit on them. The sugar peas are ready! I hope to harvest them tomorrow.
The work never ends. Came home tonight to find the cows got out and into the garden. Not good. It could have been worse. I will have to rebuild some beds and really assess the damage tomorrow. The animals are always reminding us they are there.

The three sisters begin
With a little help from my friends we planted 35 rows of corn the week of June 1st. I plan on doing the three sister method at least in one section. Now we wait for the corn to grow. The weather provided the most ideal rain light and over a duration of time on Tuesday.
We also picked all the garlic scapes last week. Yum Yum I pickled 10 jars and can't wait to do some more this weekend.
We are in our thrid week of CSA and there is beautiful cabbage and beets.
One challenge has been the little critters. We have wood chucks and rabbits. They are in the green house and the garden. Eating all the tender baby starts. I hope to catch some this weekend and vote them off the farm.

All the greens are here! We have harvested 150lbs of greens in the last 2 weeks. There is mustards, arugula, lettuce mixes and more. All of these photos were taken by lovely Sandrine one of the Garden Goddesses.

It is amazing the difference in one week.
The garden is looking good. Summer has arrived.

Fresh Garlic and Red Russian Kale

The farm has so much going on. Its a great place to just observe the nature. The wild geese are in their migration. Some have stopped for a longer stay and had babies. Mean while there is a very large crow who thinks he owns the pond and is entitled to feast on the babies and the eggs that have not yet hatched. Even the chickens are being picked on. I think we should vote him off the farm.
Lots of little babies. Two cows gave birth, the baby chicks are nice and warm in there coop and blue robins eggs keep showing up in the green house. 
The days have been dry but not for long. We have been building lots of great infrastructure. A stone wall around the tree and then we planted calendula there. We set up the tent and wash station for the veggies. Planting tons of sunflowers. Watering the green house cucumber and starts. Christian is helping plant the tomatoes.
First signs of harvest this week. Mesculn Mix, Radishes,Red Russian Kale. Yum Yum

This week has been lots of rain. We are trying to get in all the beds when ever the rain stops or the sun comes out to dry the field. The cabbage, kale, beets and all the other veggies are loving this. We planted all 25 beds and I went to Pennsylvania last week and picked up our first batch of tomatoes. I can't get them into the ground until the soil warms up. The garlic is so happy.
The cat named "Trouble" sits by while we plant the herbs.

we planted the start of our herb bed yesterday and I build a small wall around the maple tree that sits in the garden. Things are changing slowly every day. Soon there will be lots of lush veggies. Can't wait.

Hard work and having fun

The garden at Hemlock Hill Farm is shaping up. We are at the end of our second week and we have finished 24 beds and planted 16. The weather has been warm and windy and no rain. This weekend the storms are supposed to come through. We shall see. The sprinkler has been very helpful so far.
Our radishes, red frills, mesculn mix, golden beets are all starting to show there tops.

It looks like this will be a good year.