The News from Windflower Farm
What’s in the share?
- Assorted tomatoes
- Lettuce
- Kale
- Fennel
- Beets
- Cucumbers
- Zucchini and/or summer squash
- Beans
- Yellow onions
- Broccoli and/or Happy Rich
- The fruit share will be blueberries from Yonder Farm.
What’s new on the farm?
Alternaria, a fungal pathogen, has moved into our cantaloupes. It’s a little like having the Gambino crime family move into the neighborhood. Alternaria plays a mean game. Like the mafia’s money laundering, its protection racket, and its hardball sanitation business, Alternaria has a diversified portfolio: the genus Alternaria goes after virtually every crop on the farm. One species causes leaf spot of cantaloupe, watermelon and cucumber, another causes early blight of potato and tomato, and a third causes purple blotch of onion and leek, to name a few. Fittingly, Top Cop, an elemental copper spray, is the organic growers’ go-to Alternaria remedy. Nate will be on the spray rig tomorrow morning, making our neighborhood safe again.
Have a great week, Ted
Central Brooklyn CSA 