It has been a busy week this past week. One wouldn’t think it’d be so with all the rain but there is always stuff to do here on the farm. I’ll get to that in a second.
But first, thank you to all who showed up to help plant the potatoes! It was a great time had by all. Nobody got hurt. There was no crying. And everyone went home with more fresh air than when they first arrived. The weather was perfect. Then the potatoes got a nice dose of rain to settle them in. But of course the dose became more than a dose. None the less it was a success and again thank you to all who helped!
I’m not sure of the cause but our recruiting has fallen behind last season’s recruiting after being ahead for the whole sales season. So please spread the word that we still have shares available. As our “thank you” we will credit your account $25 for everyone who signs up due to your efforts.
As I mentioned, it’s been a busy week here on the farm – even when it rains like it has. Here are the some of the more important tasks we’ve been up to since it started raining on Saturday night:
- Increased our sanctions on Vladimir Putin
- Widened our searched for the lost Malaysian jet
- Disregarded anything to do with the Kardashians
- Banned from the farm for life Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling
- And continued our boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games
Some of the less important tasks include planting more transplants in the greenhouse; watering those greenhouse transplants; checking the fluids and changing the oil in the tractors; figuring out the details of our tomato trellising strategy; and of course writing a newsletter. So as you can see it is not all fun and games when the rains come; important stuff still needs to be accomplished.
We have eggs available if anyone is interested. Contact me if you’d like some.
Speaking of eggs, we have eight EggShares left for this summer. Let me know if you’d like to add them to your account.
Another reminder that if you plan to purchase seafood or salmon that we need to have your order by May 15th.
Last call to sign up for Budding Farmers is July 6th. Budding Farmers is a great program to teach younger members about the food they eat. I’m impressed with all the information they provide including recipes, activities, science experiments, videos, etc. This is a great way to keep your children learning while on vacation! Plus it may get them to eat more of their veggies.
Oh, we also got some more baby chicks.
That is all for now. Hopefully the rain will end, the fields will dry and we can get back to outdoor farming next week.