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First snow harvest of the year! Guess that crop! . . . #snowharvest #vtagriculture #fourseasonfarming #yearround #sufferfest Winter greens are starting to fill up the tunnels! Here, Sam and Fae are planting bok choy. The pumpkins are in! I think we picked more like a hundred pecks of these perfect peppers yesterday 🤷‍♂️ #peterpiper #bounty Monday members; we'll see you on Tuesday the 4th Last spring we found a spinach leaf the size of Maya's head; this week - an onion! One of our oldest & wildest pieces of equipment. Andy brought out our antique Allis-Chalmers combine last week for its "two hours per year" of work harvesting our cover crop seed.
Our long awaited tomato harvest cart in action! This custom fabricated cart runs along the same type of trolley system many growers use to move seedlings within propagation greenhouses. The cart slides like a dream up and down our tomato rows and has been a huge labor and back saver this summer Nothing makes farmers smile like a few hundred pounds of tomatoes 🍅 Don't forget - members are welcome to come do pick-your-own ANY time. All we ask is that you respect the posted limits (for flowers too!) and turn the fence back on if no one else is in the fields. Thanks! Everyone on the crew was expecting me to write a corn-y caption today 🌽🌽 New item at pick up today! 🍅 Tried to capture how beautiful the day & the fennel transplants were on Friday after the heatwave broke...instead captured the reality of our tired smiles and confused expressions from a week of heat exhaustion and dehydration. Thank you all who gave us kind words at pick up this week, and especially thank you to the elite few who brought us soda, seltzer, and sweet treats. We wouldn't do this work if we didn't love it, but we sure do appreciate the extra gratitude on the extra challenging days. Plus, those high temps were rocket fuel for summer favorites like eggplant, tomatoes, and corn. Peak summer bounty is coming soon! #heatwave #fennel #gatorade #sunburn #organicfarming #urbanfarming Yeah, we're pretty excited about strawberries... but the truth is we're also vegetable nerds. Happy broccoli season!!! #bestvegetable #whynobroccoliemoji It's that time! 🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓 Everything is ramping up around the farm. Different teams of the crew are bustling around irrigating, transplanting, weeding, pruning, harvesting, seeding, tilling, and anxiously checking if the strawberries are ripe. Harvests are getting larger and more varied - favorites like cucumbers and broccoli are on the horizon. Peak summer crops are showing signs of growth with each warmer day. And best of all, the enthusiasm from our members is a loving reminder that what we do is appreciated. It's a good time to be a farmer! Want a beautiful bouquet like this every week this summer? Sign up today for our PYO flower share and enjoy our bounty of flowers right here in Burlington's Intervale! Link in bio, spaces limited #btv #burlingtonvt #vermont #vermontbyvermonters #modernfarmer The 2018 ICF crew! Start perfecting your shortcake, people....!