The weather is much cooler so washing the crops is not as refreshing as it was in the hot summer sun. One errant spray of the hose and you can get soaked with a resulting chill that stays with you the whole day. (Trust me on this one.) There was a whole cart of scallions to be prepared for distribution. Scallions are very labor intensive. The stalks have to be gently separated by their white base, any brownish dry skin has to be peeled away, then washed, and trimmed.
Erin decided to harvest all the peppers. Peppers enjoy the sun and heat of the summer, and now in fall, we are approaching frosty nights. So anything worth harvesting was taken. We did them all: green (bell), Hungarian hot wax, cayenne, Jalapeno, as well as some other black and green types. Occasionally I would chew on a green pepper when I found a nice one; since I am not a hot pepper fan, I wasn't as courageous. Instead of bending over or crouching to harvest, we pulled the whole plant out and could examine the plant as we stood up. We ended up with about 4-5 bushel baskets.
We also covered the carrots and swiss chard plants with a white cloth. This fabric-type tarp is as long as a row and needs to be secured with rock bags every 10-15 ft or so. So the both the bags and cloth need to be moved to the new location. It was a long day.
Labor of Love
6 years ago
