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We are cruising into an oddly normal July given the wet cold spring we just had.  Just about everything is looking really good.  The only real casualties on our farm are the beans.  Oh yeah the beans, yikes!  We usually are running haricots verts, yellow wax, and romano by now but they are not going to be here until August.  We will probably get tomatoes before beans this year.  The field I planted the beans in was too wet to disk for oh so long.  We got in and planted maybe 3 weeks late, then the first wave of beans had to tilled under because the germination was so poor in the cold soil.  So yeah how about 5 weeks late for beans this year.  The strawberries have been epic, with customers dividing into two camps: Albion and Seascape.  I am an Albion man myself.  I like the tropical tang; it takes my mind south of the boarder. 

On a new front we are growing a new yellow storage onion that I hope to have at the markets through the winter.  Right now we are bringing them to market as green onions.  Starting July 11, 2010 Dirty Girl Produce will be attending the Jack London Square Farmers Market Sundays 9am-2pm year round.  We’ve also returned to the Berkeley Tuesday market on Derby and MLK. See you there East Bay. 

Oh yeah the dry farmed early girl tomatoes are looking really good.  Coming in August.

Bob Klein, co-owner of Oliveto Cafe and Restaurant has started “Community Journal” on his website where he has shot awesome video of many of his farmers and purveyors.  In the section “Tomato Watch 2009″ there are three episodes with Dirty Girl Produce, the first is an interview with Joe on dry farming, the second shot by Joe showing the tomato plants just after transplant, and the third shot by Joe’s friend Ira showing bigger healthy tomato plants.  Then Ira shot Joe roaming the fields of La Selva Beach munching strawberries and checking in with a few veggie friends.  Check it out and let us know what you think.  Have you checked out Dirty Girl Produce on Facebook?  Become a fan today.

that our strawberries are delicious.

Baby Julian tries out his new teeth on Dirty Girl strawberries…