SUMMERS END BEGINS A NEW GROWING SEASON AT PAULINE'S LUCKY MARKET GARDEN

As another hot summer simmers to an end, so comes the beginning of fall  my favorite farming time.  High temps in the low 90's are going to transition into the 80's.  Lettuce seeds will break their dormancy and germinate again.  We can begin to seed all the cool season veggies.  Yes I did say "all" .  For years we have stuck safely to our specialty greens.  We have grown a few other  veggies, green beans and cucumbers mainly, but stayed away from trying to manage a large diversity of  crops.   We have worked hard to build our expertise and a steady customer following focused on a few high demand  cash crops  with no regrets but now we are ready to offer more veggie  choices.   So we have stocked up on seeds to try....spinach, beets, radishes, carrots, broccoli, parsley, snow and English peas for this fall.   We even put in a small planting of tomatoes which are beginning to fruit!  The plan is to keep our local wholesale customers happy with the same great spring mix, pea tendrils, baby arugula etc that work well for them and to expand our offerings at  the farmers market booths (we retail at 3 markets on the west side of Volusia county) with  veggies that are difficult for our wholesale customers to keep from wilting on their shelves but  hold up well for the durations of  our fresh markets.   We are extremely grateful to our steady customers on the east side of the county and are excited about our first baby arugula deliveries of the fall which will begin in several weeks.  These small local businesses are our roots!  You can find out more about them on our FIND OUR PRODUCTS LOCALLY TAB.  We will be listing our 3 farmer's markets there as well with dates and times.  Stay tuned for more posts, delicious recipes, and updates as our harvest season begins!