On the Farm — Hopscotch Farm + Cannery

Field Crop Tour

Join Meghan for a “virtual photo tour” of a season in the veggie field:

Late May Harvest Day

Late May Harvest Day

Sanitizing knives and totes prior to harvest.

Late May Harvest Day

Late May Harvest Day

Bunching Mustard Greens

Late May Harvest Day

Late May Harvest Day

Bunching Kale

Late May Harvest Day

Late May Harvest Day

Bunching Purple Sprouting Broccoli

Late May Harvest Day

Late May Harvest Day

Bunching Purple Sprouting Broccoli

Late May Harvest Day

Late May Harvest Day

Harvesting baby chard for salad mix.

Late May Harvest Day

Late May Harvest Day

Harvesting baby kale for salad mix.

Late May Harvest Day

Late May Harvest Day

Harvesting lettuce for salad mix.

Squash Planting Day

Squash Planting Day

Zucchini, Patty Pan, and Crookneck.

Squash Planting Day

Squash Planting Day

Patty Pan!

Late August Harvest Day

Late August Harvest Day

3 months after planting, the summer squash harvest is just starting to slow down.

Late August Harvest Day

Late August Harvest Day

Zucchini

Late August Harvest Day

Late August Harvest Day

Patty Pan

Late August Harvest Day

Late August Harvest Day

Cucumbers

Late August Harvest Day

Late August Harvest Day

Hunting for hidden cukes.

Late August Harvest Day

Late August Harvest Day

Harvesting red onions for fresh bunching.

Late August Harvest Day

Late August Harvest Day

Bunching the red onions.

Late August Harvest Day

Late August Harvest Day

Sweet onion bunches.

In the Field

A heron hunts in the veggies.

In the Field

The heron caught a mole on the compost pile. Thanks for helping get rid of pests!

Greenhouse Tour

Join Meghan for a “virtual photo tour” of a season in the greenhouse:

Trellising Tomatoes

Trellising Tomatoes

Meghan grows mainly tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse. She trellises her indeterminate tomatoes up two lines of string to the top of the frame.

Trellising Tomatoes

Trellising Tomatoes

Attaching the strings to the plants.

Trellising Tomatoes

Trellising Tomatoes

Wrapping each leader (branch) around the trellis string.

Pruning Tomatoes

Pruning Tomatoes

Three months later…

Pruning & Trellising Tomatoes

Pruning & Trellising Tomatoes

In order to encourage fruit production, Meghan prunes all the suckers off her tomatoes, wrapping just two main leaders around the trellis string.

Harvesting Tomatoes

Harvesting Tomatoes

Sungolds!

Harvesting Peppers

Harvesting Peppers

Padrones

Harvesting Peppers

Harvesting Peppers

Bell Peppers

Flower Field Tour

Join Meghan for a “virtual photo tour” of a day in the flower field:

Strawflowers

Harvesting

Strawflowers

Bunching

Strawflowers

So Many!

Sunflowers

Meghan grows just 3 varieties of flowers on the farm - Zinnias, Sunflowers, and Strawflowers. Her three favorites

Flower Bucket

Flower Bucket

Zinnia

Harvest

Zinnias

Bouquets

Photography by Andrew Wiese (photowiese.com).