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Growing Season Update Aug 13, 2015


Lots of harvesting of summer produce is happening by all of our farmers. Beans,carrots, cabbage, potatoes and so much more. With hoop house’s season extension is used in early spring and in late fall to keep the crops warm, they also can be used in conjunction with a shade cloth a way to keep crops cooler in the summer. White Pine Farm dedicates one hoop house to summer time cool season crops like lettuce and spinach. The lettuce kept in the shade grows slower and is much less likely to get bitter like lettuce in direct sun and the wonderful spinach thrives in the shade.


Apples are here Almars are no longer harvesting the early summer varieties they are now harvesting the later varieties, starting with the Paula Reds which have a longer shelf life, although they still need to be refrigerated. Almar grades their apples into two grades #1, which is close to being blemish free and #2’s which have more blemishes (these are also called weather kissed), these apples are not bruised. The apples are hand picked and the ones that don’t make either grade are than turned into a wonderful blend of cider. When making the cider they use more than one variety of apples in combinations that make wonderfully flavored cider. To add other products to the mix they make switchel, apple cider vinegar and hard cider. When the fall season is in full swing they start making apple cider donuts.


Even though John Simmons from North Branch is semi retired and letting his son farm the land. He has delved into developing products from the open pollinated organic corn that he grew. His latest new product is corn tortilla shells.
Racheal Yonkman took a package home to feed to her family and gave great reviews as to how wonderful they are.