When you grow and sell fruits and vegetables for a living, nothing feels as good as telling people that they only have to cook if they actually feel like it on a hot June day. Snacking on the first Sweet Red Cherries of the season, munching on Sugar Snap Peas and crunching on slices of summer Kohlrabi is about the best thing we could ask for on these long hot days leading up to the Solstice. Throw in some lovely heads of lettuce from our fields and way cool onions that successfully overwintered, and we’re looking at some good stuff for you all this week. Some of these vegetables might be new (and/or exciting to see after a loooong winter). So, read on if you could use a quick primer/refresher:

We’re rolling into our 2025 Summer CSA Season this week!  In addition to our usual (Tuesday 12-7) and Wednesday (10-5) schedule at the farm, we’ll extend our hours to be open on Saturdays (9am-2pm) through the end of September for weekend shopping and CSA pickups.  The crew has been hard at work over the past few months in anticipation of growing for you this Summer, and we’re looking forward to welcoming folks, new and true, to the farm for this year’s harvest! Here’s a bit of info (and maybe a refresher course if you’re a returner) on what you need to know about summertime at Wild Hare

Last week, I had a couple of folks ask me what the story was with the big white things billowing in the field, so I figured it was worth sharing a bit about floating row cover. You’ve probably seen it as you drive along River Rd. Also known as Reemay, these blankets are a thin, porous, breathable poly fabric that serves many purposes on our farm. We lay it over beds to protect vulnerable plants from frost in the cold months, but we also use it as a physical barrier to deter certain pests throughout the year. If not for this row cover, the Bok Choy we’re eating this week would have been munched on by Flea Beetles first. So, as long as we have a big roll of it at our disposal, and as long as we’re not feeling too worn out at the end of a big planting push, we tuck the plants in to help them grow.