McKee Family Acres

McKee Family Acres Market Garden offering Vegetables and Flowers using Organic principles.

Patty Pan Squash first ones of the season. We should have plenty for the market on Friday. Still waiting on the big toma...
07/02/2024

Patty Pan Squash first ones of the season. We should have plenty for the market on Friday. Still waiting on the big tomatoes to turn red. A few varieties are starting to turn.

We are going to be headed to the farmers market next week. Currently we have Cucumber, Tomatoes, Kale, Spring Mix, Beets...
06/29/2024

We are going to be headed to the farmers market next week. Currently we have Cucumber, Tomatoes, Kale, Spring Mix, Beets, Purple top Turnips, baby carrots, Swiss Chard, Bibb Lettuce.

We finally have some red tomatoes. These are sweet 100’s but all the other varieties are growing well. Tomatillos are st...
06/23/2024

We finally have some red tomatoes. These are sweet 100’s but all the other varieties are growing well. Tomatillos are starting to be ready as well.

Out checking on the black berries and not a single black one on the bush. Apparently the goats found the wild black berr...
06/14/2024

Out checking on the black berries and not a single black one on the bush. Apparently the goats found the wild black berry patch.

Peppers are growing, the plants are only about 20” tall so we will be removing the peppers and flowers off of the plants...
06/07/2024

Peppers are growing, the plants are only about 20” tall so we will be removing the peppers and flowers off of the plants which should help them to grow bigger for a better harvest overall.

Today we put up the cucumber netting to get them to grow up instead of on the ground. We have planted two rounds of seed...
06/02/2024

Today we put up the cucumber netting to get them to grow up instead of on the ground. We have planted two rounds of seeds this spring and still have a few spots to reseed. Additionally in this row we planted cucamelon.

Our first high tunnel is done with solarization and flame weeding. Currently planted is Spinach, Salad Mix, Arugula, Asi...
06/02/2024

Our first high tunnel is done with solarization and flame weeding. Currently planted is Spinach, Salad Mix, Arugula, Asian greens, mache, zucchini, oak leaf Salanova, and Mustard Greens.

Before and After. We started the pruning of the tomato jungle today. Hard pruning all the suckers and stems up to the fi...
06/02/2024

Before and After. We started the pruning of the tomato jungle today. Hard pruning all the suckers and stems up to the first fruit cluster and Florida weave for trellising. We are getting close to having some grape tomatoes ready to go. It is nice working in the while it is pouring rain all afternoon.

Hightunnel #2 the tomatillos are growing well this is the first time we have grown these it looks like it’s going to be...
05/27/2024

Hightunnel #2 the tomatillos are growing well this is the first time we have grown these it looks like it’s going to be quite the harvest. Tomatoes of all varieties are growing very well and need to get trellised already even with a late transplant date.

Today we planted one bed of Salanova and one bed of spinach. Tomorrow we will be cleaning up around the edges and planti...
05/23/2024

Today we planted one bed of Salanova and one bed of spinach. Tomorrow we will be cleaning up around the edges and planting more. The seeder pictured is a Jang JP1 and it is a great time saver. We planted 6 rows in each bed and even with the change in seed it was less than 5 minutes total.

After solarization under the tarp we still had a few grasses left and flame weeded them. Tomorrow they should have died ...
05/22/2024

After solarization under the tarp we still had a few grasses left and flame weeded them. Tomorrow they should have died off from the flame weeding in this section. We are splitting the into 7 30” beds with 3 25’ sections each.

This year our first developed a grass issue and rather than fight it all summer we tilled it under between spring and ...
05/20/2024

This year our first developed a grass issue and rather than fight it all summer we tilled it under between spring and summer crops and put plastic down to kill anything that came back up. The tunnel has been closed for two weeks and the temps have been over 120 in the afternoon consistently. We will be removing the tarp, flame weeding and starting planting this week. Daily updates of the progress and all that takes coming.

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