In the world of vegetable growing, there are three distinct seasons: early season, high season, and fall. I suppose it could be early, middle, and late, but I like the term high season.
Early season is all radishes and greens and things out of the high tunnel. It’s the time of the year when we appreciate anything coming out of the garden and excited to have something fresh. But we’re now transitioning into high season, which brings the more exciting crops that we all look forward to – sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, and melons.
Now, don’t get too excited. It’ll still be a bit before I put a melon in the box, but that corn has tassels, so the ears are growing. I think for a lot of middle-aged customers that the build up and anticipation of sweet corn season has replaced the magic of Christmas after the luster wore off. I start getting questions about when the sweet corn is ready sometime in June, which makes me question their reality. Haven’t they looked out their car window and seen a corn field in June? But, if you’ve spent any time with an 8 year-old talking about their Christmas list in September, you know the power of anticipation, so I can’t really blame them for jumping the gun.
Anyway, we’re edging into high season and the proof is the appearance of the red potatoes in the box. Only a matter of time until the other high season crops fall in line.
In the box
- Broccoli
- A Couple Onions: One red, one sweet
- Red Potatoes
- Parsley
- Cucumber
- Zucchini
- A Head of Lettuce
- Curly Kale
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