Winter Harvest and Farm Update

Joes Farm has been going through many changes lately due to the change in weather we have been experiencing here in beautiful Las Vegas Nevada. Temperatures have been dropping below freezing and the days have gotten very short. The warm weather crops that had rebounded so nicely in September and October when the hot summer temps subsided have now all but died with the freezing temps at night. Joes Farm did however have the foresight to start some cool temperature crops so that we can continue to produce through these leaner months. The tomatos, peppers, and green beans are gone. The lettuce, carrots, radishes, collard greens, onions, and celery have been doing pretty well. Joes Farm also has some cabbage and sugar snap peas that are growing but they are not producing yet.



When the temps first started dropping into the 30's at night we would spring to action and cover the crops at night time with tarps. this helped for a day or two but the stress from the cold temps was too much for the tomatos, peppers, and green beans to handle.


Just yesterday, December 26th, 2009, Joes Farm had a first. We were able to harvest several carrots and radishes. The big news here is not the radishes because they have been a steady, reliable, and delicious crop for Joes Farm. The big news is the carrot harvest. these carrots were planted somewhere around April 2009. They made it through the harsh summer and were finally harvested. They are not big like you find in the grocery store but they are the best tasting carrot anyone will ever eat, ever.



Joes farm is also starting to prepare for a major upgrade before spring comes to the Mojave desert. The size and scope of the upgrade has not been determined yet. Joes farm has started to clear the land and we will be leaving it fallow in preparation for the upgrade of the farming facility.




This is the harvest on display. Carrots and Radishes.











Here are some sugar snap peas on display. They are growing well and have some blossoms but no peas yet.

This shows the aftermath of the frost on the green beans and a zucchini.










From left to right: Celery, Carrots, Onions, Radishes.











Spinach, I have not eaten any of it yet, but it looks good.








This was one of the pepper plants. There were probably 20 peppers growing on them until the frost came.










One the left is collard greens lettuce on the right.