A few announcements and then on with the “real” news!
Minneapolis Drop Site: Due to host relocation our Minneapolis drop site is looking for a new home. If anyone is interested in being our Minneapolis drop site or know of somewhere that would work well as a drop site please let me know. The requirements are minimal:
- Must be in Minneapolis
- Have a spot out of the sun accessible to other members
- A small place to store delivery boxes until the next pick-up
That’s pretty much it. We only have three members so it isn’t a big commitment. Please let me know if you are interested ASAP!
MeatShare deadline is Tuesday May 30th (which is today even though I wrote this last week)! We can probably still squeeze you in if you get us the order by Wednesday May 31st.
We are still looking for an employee or two. Send any able bodied people our way!
We still have a few shares left. We’d like to sell out so if you know anyone who needs to eat more veggies send them our way!
As I’ve mentioned every time we are still taking orders for other items like fruit, cheese, eggs, ice cream, coffee, flowers, and winter share. Please order them soon if you plan to!
Farm News
Well we had a good run of dry days which let us catch up on the planting. We are a bit behind in weed management but not too far behind. With this week’s forecast looking mostly dry after today we should be able to make great progress in weed eradication. But we also still have this week’s planting to do so who knows where we will be in the schedule by the end of the week. Plus, even though I finally finished the mowing of the headland areas today I need to start the process again due to all the growth this past week. It is a never ending cycle.
Our remodeling project has been on hold while the weather has been conducive to farming. I suspect we will find a few more rainy days this spring to finish it off. We need to do another coat of mud on the dry wall seams, prime, paint and clean-up. This remodel should save us some time packing this summer!
We seem to have gained a bunch of bunnies. In typical years we would only see rabbits in areas with tree cover — generally over by the packing shed. This season they seem to be running around out in the field. Not sure what changed but hopefully it changes back. One possible reason is I put a radio in the horse barn tuned to the sports talk station. Why you ask? First of all I think the horses are sports fanatics. Second about half our chickens were eaten by a coyote. We know it was a coyote because we saw it a few times. Ever since I put the radio on we haven’t lost any more chickens. I believe it is enough of a deterrent to keep them safe, but it might be keeping the rabbits safe as well. You just can’t fool Mother Nature figured out.
Finally here are a few pictures of what you can expect with AmphibianShare. They are all growing fast and looking great!
As always, feel free to contact me with questions, comments, and suggested radio stations.