You may recall that last week’s episode was a cliff-hanger, specifically an issue with our irrigation lines. Will we learn the culprit this week? Stay tuned after these brief messages.
We could use some help selling the remaining shares for this season. After a robust start to the selling season we’ve slowed considerably. Please, please, please spread the word. Tell your friends. Use social media (it has to be good for something) — Facebook, NextDoor, anything besides Tinder though at this point even Tinder could be helpful (“must love vegetables.”) Tell them to put your name in the “Where did you hear about us?” line on the order and we will credit your account $25. All help is greatly appreciated!
If you eat cheese, meat, fruit or drink coffee consider buying these from us! Support other small farms and businesses instead of large, agribusinesses. Plus you get to pick them up when and where you get your vegetables. What could be more convenient?
And don’t forget about a FlowerShare for Mother’s Day!
If you still owe money and are not on a payment plan please send in your final payment as soon as possible. Thank you!
Farm News
Scenes from the last episode of Farm & Garden: SVU. “Hmmm, water should be coming out of the sprinklers far faster than this!” “Where is all the water going? 30 gallons per minute has to be creating a small lake somewhere!” Screen goes dark. There’s a blood-curdling scream! Thud! Roll credits.
It is a cool, crisp spring morning. The sun shines brightly draping the farm in a soothing, yellow glow. A farmer walks the fields, disturbing the serenity by cursing loudly. “Where the &%*^ did all that water go?” His thoughts wander back to the good old days before he had irrigation and had to drive the farm truck out with a 250 gallon tank on the back. Wait, it wasn’t really the good old days. In fact it was a pain in the ass days. But at least it was the I-knew-where-the-water-was-going days!
Oops, back to the story. “Let’s try running the water one more time and walk the half mile of pipes to find out where the leak is”, he thought out loud because if he didn’t we wouldn’t know what he was thinking and could only speculate on his plans. So he flips on the water and starts walking, not sure what to look for. As he rounds the first bend near one of the risers he hears the sound of rushing water. “So far so good”, we think he thinks since this time he kept it to himself.
As he continued down the length of this leg of the underground irrigation pipe he continues to here the gurgling of water and air each time he passes a riser. Suddenly he stops. “Where is this gurgling noise coming from”, his face emotes. “There is no riser here!” says the steam coming from his ears. He takes one of these steaming ears and tilts it closely toward the ground. “Aha! This could be where the problem is.”
So he takes the trusty shovel and starts digging. Wait, no first he turns off the water then takes his trusty shovel and starts digging. As he nears the pipe the ground becomes increasingly damp. Then wet, then suddenly there is no ground, just water. And a hole. In fact two holes. One that leads apparently to an underground gopher swimming spa and the other that leads though the irrigation pipe to feed the underground swimming spa. “Houston we have a problem”, is what he mistakenly thinks was said during the Apollo 13 mission but seems apt at the moment. “I have to believe this five inch by one inch hole wouldn’t stop much water from rushing out of this here pipe.”
After some more cursing the disgruntled farmer retrieves the appropriate tools and parts to facilitate the repair. After a muddy hour of work, the hole is sealed and the gophers will have to find a new form of relaxation. The sprinklers now sprinkle and there was much rejoicing in the village! A parade was held in honor of the farmer but not before he washed his hands. Roll credits.
As always, do not hesitate to contact me with questions, comments, suggestions, orders for more shares, jokes or just to keep in touch.