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| As the ground dries out a little, it should be good digging for sweet new potatoes. Round whites, round reds and Yukon potatoes are ready to dig. |  |
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| Vegetable | Remarks |
| Basil | Sweet basil, purple basil and Thai basil. Good supply. |
| Beets | Excellent quality beets. |
| Broccoli | Good supply, good quality. Mostly smaller second heads. |
| Cabbage | Green, red and savoy cabbage are ready. Cabbage sized and priced for making sauerkraut will be ready soon. |
| Carrots | Sweet and tender. |
| Cucumbers, pickling | We have a good supply of cukes with good picking at present. |
| Cucumbers, salad | There are plenty of long Asian and beit alpha type cucumbers available. |
| Dill and dill weed | Good supply of dill in the flower to green seed stage. |
| Eggplant | A very limited supply of long, slender Asian type eggplants are available. Other varieties need two or three more weeks to grow. |
| Flowers to cut | Carnations, snapdragons, German statice, cone flowers, delphiniums, lavender, yarrow, butterfly bush, daisies and cupid's darts are abundant. Sunflowers, Black eyed susans and other flowers are available. Other flowers are starting to bloom. |
| Kohl-rabi | Large, crisp, sweet kohl-rabi. Excellent quality, good supply. |
| Lovage | Excellent supply. |
| New Potatoes | Red, white and Yukon gold varieties. Great new potato flavor. Plenty of potatoes. |
| Okra | A few pods of okra will be ready to pick today. Slow picking, limited supply. |
| Oregano | Good quality to dry or use fresh. |
| Ornamental gourds | Dried ornamental gourds for crafts, birdhouses or art objects. Many shapes and sizes. |
| Parsley | Both curly and flat leaf types are available. Good supply. |
| Peppermint | Good supply and quality. |
| Peppers, sweet | Cubanelles, bell peppers, European type peppers, sweet banana peppers. Very few peppers are ready to pick, most need two to three weeks. |
| Pumpkins, green | There are plenty of green pumpkins to pick. Wait two or three months if you prefer your pumpkins orange and ripe. |
| Tomatoes | Tomato hunting is getting a little easier. This is still tomato hunting, not tomato picking. Many hunters are returning with a few tomatoes. The main crop of tomatoes is growing slowly, and may be a little late this season. |
| Zucchini, summer squash | Plenty of small to medium zucchinis, Middle Eastern zucchini and yellow crookneck squash are ready to pick. |
Open Wed, Thurs, Fri 9-12 and 4-8
Sat and Sun 9-5
When you pick it, you know it's fresh
Please bring your own containers.
The Tree Farm
The Pick-your-own Vegetables Place
Cut-your-own Christmas Trees on December Weekends
In Northwestern Dane County, Wisconsin, serving Madison and the surrounding area
8454 Highway 19
Cross Plains, WI 53528
608.798.2286
Picking information updated Thursday July 29, 2010 5:53 AM
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