This week’s update is from Purdue Student Farm Intern Nellie Waltherly.
The washpack is officially up and running this season, with our first harvests of turnips, kohlrabi, bok choy and Napa cabbage underway. All eyes are on the tomatoes as the first fruit of the year are starting to turn, and our next set of ginger has been transplanted out. Meanwhile, this week’s heatwave has been the main thing on our minds. Lots of hydration, irrigation and early starts are the name of the game out here. We recently had a pipe connected to one of our wellheads start to break, so the week’s activities have also included the lauded farm tradition of digging a giant hole and getting covered in mud. Nevertheless, things are looking pretty good out here, even with the heat, and preparations for next week’s start to the CSA are well on track!