Radishes, Aphids and Worm Bin

First radish harvest of the season.  The foliage is a bit small, but the bulbs themselves are delicious.

Finished transplanting peppers into the field.  The plants look healthy, but are still fighting off the aphids that besieged them in the hoophouse.  Hoping not to have to use an organic insecticide to tip the scales.

Our worm-bin is still operating well.  We adopted ~2,000 red wiggler worms several months ago and have been feeding them our compost scraps ever since.  Once they’ve eaten through all of their bedding (including cardboard, wood chips and straw), we’ll move them to a new container and make a “compost tea” from their castings.

— Robin Hackett, Farm Manager