Here comes a great week of weather! We will be very busy catching up on getting fields ready to plant, planting, getting rid of weeds, stringing tomatoes and other such things- As you might imagine- to provide you all with fresh just picked organic food for 5.5 months--- we are constantly getting fields ready for planting, planting, managing weeds, tending to crops, and the like. My excel spreadsheets don't auto correct for a 2 week rainy spell.. or a flood, or a freeze- but that's ok- because the next 5 days look terrific! Good weather to be farming.
Zucchini, yellow squash, broccoli, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, basil and some of those other favorites are just a week or so before they are ready to be harvested. Wondering what crops might be available the next 18 weeks... check out the seasonal eating chart here.
I experienced my first tractor fire this week. Fortunately, I was close to the creek and was able to sprint back and forth with my water jug to put it out. Pretty exciting though. The scariest part was that the fire was directly underneath my gasoline fuel tank. An animal had built a nest right on top of the exhaust manifold and it got hot!
