{"id":1909,"date":"2017-06-14T01:43:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T01:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/in-the-share-week-5\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T05:45:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:45:25","slug":"in-the-share-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/in-the-share-week-5\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Share:  Week 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-I901qMx6FUI\/WUCUDlXa0bI\/AAAAAAAAB7Q\/QPuc0mC22ckxzmuQMw6yrL9cXxM_SywlwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/chard.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1024\" data-original-width=\"768\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-I901qMx6FUI\/WUCUDlXa0bI\/AAAAAAAAB7Q\/QPuc0mC22ckxzmuQMw6yrL9cXxM_SywlwCLcBGAs\/s400\/chard.JPG\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>SWISS CHARD &nbsp;This blow dryer weather is no friend to leafy greens, so we are picking them down while they are still lush and beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>RED LEAF LETTUCE &nbsp;Big red ruffly ones!<\/p>\n<p>ROMAINE LETTUCE &nbsp;Big green juicy ones!<\/p>\n<p>BASIL &nbsp;Welcome summer with a batch of pesto.<\/p>\n<p>WALLA WALLA ONIONS &nbsp;Sweet bulbs with green tops.<\/p>\n<p>SPROUTING BROCCOLI &nbsp;sweet and tender<\/p>\n<p>SALAD TURNIPS &nbsp;The last of the bumper crop.<\/p>\n<p>IN TWO WEEKS: &nbsp;Carrots, last of the lettuce (fingers crossed!), beets, fresh garlic.<\/p>\n<p>FARM REPORT:<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6dvSr7bkzQU\/WUCURnqu7PI\/AAAAAAAAB7U\/pFaVPaaT_CAsF9QXUquwE5I2thx6QsnkwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/sunrise%2B06.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"768\" data-original-width=\"1024\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6dvSr7bkzQU\/WUCURnqu7PI\/AAAAAAAAB7U\/pFaVPaaT_CAsF9QXUquwE5I2thx6QsnkwCLcBGAs\/s400\/sunrise%2B06.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>This Spring was beautiful. &nbsp;The right amount of rain, sunlight and soil kept the plants and animals on the farm happy. &nbsp;The soil was soft, the air was damp and the birds sang in the trees. &nbsp;All that is over now that we are in full-on summer heat wave. &nbsp;On the plus side, dry conditions make for great hoeing and weed-pulling. &nbsp;Onions are notorious for weeds, but thanks to the dry weather we have had time to keep them tidy.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-q907N23Psvg\/WUCUavOajeI\/AAAAAAAAB7Y\/pLvMnO8f3kUHiMOo4on7eih_wPlJwTiKwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/onions.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1024\" data-original-width=\"768\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-q907N23Psvg\/WUCUavOajeI\/AAAAAAAAB7Y\/pLvMnO8f3kUHiMOo4on7eih_wPlJwTiKwCLcBGAs\/s400\/onions.JPG\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Saturday mornings are spent with the membership. &nbsp;Finally after 3 out of 4 of our first CSA mornings in the rain, we got a dry one. &nbsp;Kale picking is so much more fun in the sunshine!<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-CKr_Si6PPXk\/WUCUkuNXGZI\/AAAAAAAAB7c\/P-k7Fy8aqSAqxPV7UxCEsqTRSDG0QA8FQCLcBGAs\/s1600\/csa%2Bkale.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1024\" data-original-width=\"768\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-CKr_Si6PPXk\/WUCUkuNXGZI\/AAAAAAAAB7c\/P-k7Fy8aqSAqxPV7UxCEsqTRSDG0QA8FQCLcBGAs\/s400\/csa%2Bkale.JPG\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SWISS CHARD &nbsp;This blow dryer weather is no friend to leafy greens, so we are picking them down while they are still lush and beautiful. RED LEAF LETTUCE &nbsp;Big red ruffly ones! ROMAINE LETTUCE &nbsp;Big green juicy ones! BASIL &nbsp;Welcome summer with a batch of pesto. WALLA WALLA ONIONS &nbsp;Sweet bulbs with green tops. SPROUTING &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/in-the-share-week-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">In the Share:  Week 5<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2792,"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions\/2792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}