Who ever thought airline travel and farming had so much in common? But first, some of the usual and unusual announcements.
Potato Planting Party! Anyone interested in doing some farmin’? We are planning on planting the potatoes on Saturday April 29th from 1:00 until done. This is a great way to see the farm, learn about farming, meet your farmers and get down and dirty. There are activities for all levels of physical abilities. Plus this is a very kid friendly activity. Potato “seeds” are easy for little hands to grab. So please let me know if you an make it. The more the merrier. Suggested attire: Farmer bibs and straw hats preferred but not necessary.
Order SalmonShare soon! Our deadline for ordering SalmonShare is May 15th. So if you plan to order it (and I highly recommend it!) please do so soon. Get your omega-3s in a tasty, environmentally friendly package!
Of course you can still order most of our other items like fruit, cheese, meat, eggs, ice cream, coffee, flowers, and winter share. Please order as soon as you can so we can plan accordingly.
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I mentioned in last week’s newsletter how we re-accommodate our transplants much like airlines re-accommodate their passengers — though of course our approach does not involve blood, screaming and lawsuits. Now the latest airline-like farm situation is our being in a holding pattern waiting for the weather to clear. Throughout the month of March and early part of April it looked like we’d get an early jump on the season. The weather was warm. There was little to no snow. The frost was out of the ground early. It seemed prime to be an early farming season!
But the forecast always had an upcoming short cold snap where we were reluctant to risk planting out some transplants just to see them freeze to death. We’ve learned over the years that a warm March does not guarantee an always warm April. So we are cautious. And when we see lows in the frost zone we hold off knowing that we are still pretty early in the planting season.
Now it seems like the weather is more or less frost free — though we know there is still plenty of chance to get frost so no tender plants will be transplanted anytime soon. However we’ve now entered a period of nearly constant intermittent rain (can something be both constant and intermittent?) An every other day rain period does not allow us to plant in the field. Unlike most airports, we need to let our runways dry a bit before we can use them. If the weather is cloudy and cool it takes a lot longer to dry. This past week where I had hoped we could get some early transplanting done turned out to be a bust — too many rainy days without much warm sunny days in between. And the rain doesn’t seem to have an end this week. So what initially looked to be an early start to the farming season is now looking more like a late start, though there is always next week to catch up.
As always, do not hesitate to send in your questions, comments, suggestions, jokes, etc.