Thinning

 Most veggies planted by seed will need to be thinned.  This means you pull out 1/2 to  2/3rds of the plants when they have sprouted and grown about 4 leaves.  All veggies need to be a specific distance apart in order to have room to grow, so you are making sure they have that space all to themselves. Yesterday I thinned turnips (2 inches apart) and radishes (1 inch apart).  Since they are both grown under row cover, I had to lift one edge and crawl half under in order to reach all the rows.  It's quite tedious.  Overcrowding means spindly, small plants that compete for water, light, fertility and can't grow to their potential easily.  Thinning new plants is one of those chores that doesn't make sense until you see the results.  

I also finished planting pak choi transplants and put in about 50 ft of seed.  

We never got any rain yesterday and it turned into a lovely day!

What Do You Get in a CSA Box?

At the very end of this blog, I posted the veggies that our 2008 members got each week!  Yes, it was a lot of typing - good thing I did it and not 2-finger typer Bill.

Let your mouth water as you read over the list.