Community Harvest Project, Inc.
37 Wheeler Road
North Grafton, MA 01536
(508) 839-7402
help@community-harvest.org
Community Harvest Project, Inc.
37 Wheeler Road
North Grafton, MA 01536
(508) 839-7402
help@community-harvest.org
Harvest results for the 2009 growing season.
The bad news - our eggplant was hit by flea beetles, but we're hoping they'll recover.
Some of the eggplant are doing better now, with a few getting flowers on them and even starting to fruit.
The summer squash are growing, but they take a bit longer than zucchini to mature.
We planted multiple crops of broccoli, using a heat-tolerant variety for the warmer months. More flea beetle damage, but we're hopeful.
Tomatoes are getting larger, with great walls of vegetation held up by stakes and twine.
This year brings something new to CHP's harvest: BLUEBERRIES! The blueberry field we installed a few years back thanks to the generosity of the Ahlquist family is now beginning to bear fruit. This is an important step for CHP because, as much as fresh vegetables are a scarce commodity for the Worcester County Food Bank, they receive practically no donations of fresh fruit.
We're once again hopeful for a good harvest this year, but are watching nervously as "late blight" begins to attack our tomato rows. This scourge is affecting farms throughout the northeast this year.
On a positive note, thanks to a very early start with our new cold frames, we're already harvesting squash and many other crops are much further along than in previous years. Keep your fingers crossed for us!
