This Week at the Purdue Student Farm – HLA Happenings

This Week at the Purdue Student Farm

Small tan colored frog on concrete

GOLDWEEK:

Well, things are certainly quieter this week, seeing as I’ve been abandoned by my fellows for secondary education. If Jane has the email next week, it’s because I’ve wasted away from neglect.

Not a huge amount to report this go around! Lots of watermelon, and peppers (as some of you may have noticed). Cucumbers are on their way out, but the winter squash(acorn, butternut, and delicata) crop seems to have a lot of promise, as a heads up. This time of year, we bring enough produce from Meigs research farm, whether from our row crops or from research excess, that our old box truck actually hits the main roads several times a week. Its usual paces are a weekly jaunt to the parking lot, with a good 5-month period where it isn’t often in use, so getting it back up and running each June feels a bit like witnessing a resurrection. Vehicular Necromancer Chris, we call him.

With classes starting up, we have more students around the farm during the day; Chris was excited with his new cohort from the Small Farm Experience course, several of which are the type of folks to get hyped for tomato pruning, as one should. Friday will have a variety of people out for the Pickles and Hot Sauce class, and while it’s only its 2nd semester being offered, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed being able to mooch what was made last year. I’m excited to see what people come up with this go ‘round.

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