Salad Harvest

A lot of the blocks have in them, for the first half of the summer harvest season, greens. We have an extensive contract with a major local purveyor who purchases as much of our "blend" as we can produce. Basically it is 1 part Braising Mix, 1 part "Ovation" Mix to 1/2 part Salad Greens. These types of salad greens, among most, do not grow extremely well in Full Sun plots. But since we harvest these greens so quickly, one after another, they do not have a chance to "molt" and burn up in the sun. So we are able to make a good amount of our budget off these greens in the first 3 months of early summer. Basically planting them in late February to March, first harvest coming the end of April, and then through out May into early June we will make 4 to 5 harvest, with one final large cutting mid June. After this last cutting, we rip out the entire beds and replace them with what's next on the crop plan for the year. This year, that crop with be peppers. I was AVI the other day to see the plants that they have started for us over in the green house, sweet bell peppers and Lunch Box peppers will be what we will be replacing the greens with this year. So here are a few photo's of this years first greens harvest at Rodeo Farm.