Garlic - David Mathre Photography

Tuesday (20-September-2022) — New Jersey

Fairgrown Farm CSA Weekly Delivery Box #21.

This week the box contained the following:

Lettuce (Fairgrown Farm, Hopewell Township)
French Breakfast Radish (Fairgrown Farm, Hopewell Township)
Garlic (Fairgrown Farm, Hopewell Township)
Serrano Peppers (Fairgrown Farm, Hopewell Township)
Kale (Rancocas Creek Farm, Pennington)
Butternut Squash (Cassaday Farms, Monroeville)

Add on of fruit and mushrooms:

Eggs (Polnasek Farm, Hillsborough)
Ginger Gold and Gala Apples (Larchmont Farms, Elmer)
White and Yellow Peaches (Larchmont Farms, Elmer)
Chestnut, Pink Oyster, Shiitake, Lion’s Mane, and Pioppino Mushrooms (Zell’s Farm)

CSA Delivery Box (Week 18). Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Tuesday (16-August-2022) — New Jersey

Fairgrown Farm CSA Weekly Delivery Box #16.

This week the box contained the following:

Cherry Tomatoes (Fairgrown Farm, Hopewell Township)
Heirloom/Red Tomatoes (Fairgrown Farm, Hopewell Township)
Jalapeno Peppers (Fairgrown Farm, Hopewell Township)
Lunchbox Sweet Peppers (Fairgrown Farm, Hopewell Township)
Orange “Glow” Peppers (Fairgrown Farm, Hopewell Township)

Add on of fruit and mushrooms (the eggs were missing):

Eggs (Polnasek Farm, Hillsborough)
Peaches (double portion for missing the peaches last week)
Ground Cherries (Fairgrown Farm, Hopewell Township)
Golden Oyster, Blue Oyster, Chestnut, and Pioppino Mushrooms (Zell’s Farm)

CSA Delivery Box (Week 15). Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Tuesday (26-July-2022) — New Jersey

Fairgrown Farm CSA Weekly Delivery Box #13.

This week the box contained the following:

Cherry Tomatoes (Fairgrown Farm, Hopewell Township)
Cured Garlic (Fairgrown Farm, Hopewell Township)
Eggplant (Fairgrown Farm, Hopewell Township)
Scallions (Great Meadows Farm, Lawrenceville)
Cucumbers (Cassaday Farms, Monroeville)
Zucchini and Summer Squash (Cassaday Farms, Monroeville)
Sweet Corn (Cassaday Farms, Monroeville)

Add on of eggs, fruit and mushrooms:

Eggs (Polnasek Farm, Hillsborough)
White and Yellow Peaches (Larchmont Farms, Elmer)
Blueberries (Rosedale Farms)
Golden Oyster, Pioppino, Chestnut, and Shiitake Mushrooms (Zell’s Farm)

CSA Delivery Box (Week 13). Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Thursday (15-April-2021) — New Jersey

Springtime Backyard Nature in New Jersey.

Visitors backyard and the patio birdfeeder: Turkey Vulture, House Finch, Chipping Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Brown-headed Cowbird, Northern Cardinal.

Daily backyard visitors. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Early spring flowers blooming: Daffodils, Grape Hyacinth, Garlic, Onion, Pieris japonica, and Tulip. The Pieris japonica (Japanese Andromeda) is one of the few shrubs in my yard that the deer avoid.

Early Spring Flowers. Individual images in the slideshow are available in my PhotoShelter Gallery.

Daily Electric Energy Used (41.7 kWh) from Sense. Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (14.7 kWh) from Sense and SolSystems. Cloudy. A deficit of 27.0 kWh.

Saturday (14-September-2019) — New Jersey

Backyard Summertime Nature in New Jersey.

I harvested the carrots and scallions from the top level of GrowTower #1. I was surprised how big some of the carrots were as the seed packet said miniature carrots. I had also planted some garlic cloves that started to sprout in the kitchen. A few developed into heads of garlic. An opossum managed eat my remaining Tomatillos so I ended up buying a bunch from Clifford Family Farm at the Montgomery Farmers market. I use the Tomatillos along with the hot peppers from my GrowTowers to make Salsa Verde. With too many carrots, I may try incorporating carrots into the Salsa. So far the air dancer scarecrow seems to be keeping the deer out of the wildflower meadows. As soon as the deer hear or see the air dancer they start running.

Carrots, Scallions, Garlic, Hot Peppers from Grow Tower #1. Image taken with a Leica CL camera and 23 mm f/2 lens (ISO 125, 23 mm, f/2, 1/50 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

Tomatillos from the Farmers Market. Image taken with a Leica CL camera and 23 mm f/2 lens (ISO 200, 23 mm, f/2.2, 1/50 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

Fawn with spots eating grass. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 800, 94 mm, f/4.8, 1/100 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

Fawn and Doe leaving after hearing the Air Dancer Scarecrow. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V3 camera and 70-300 mm VR lens (ISO 800, 144 mm, f/5.3, 1/100 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)

Daily Electric Energy Used (41.8 kWh) from Sense and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (24.4 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Clouds most of the day and starting to get warmer again. The Geothermal HVAC was only on for a short time. Overall a net deficit of 17.4 kWh.