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News from the Late Spring Planting Rush

The later part of spring is always very full, and this year’s wetness has kept things interesting.  We’ve been getting our big, once a season plantings done… onions, potatoes, tomatoes, etc… with frequent interruptions from the weather.  We’re in the midst of a cold spring rain storm that just brought a scary bout of hail to the coast and some snow at just 3000 feet!  When the hail was falling I was picturing swiss-cheesed rowcovers, but the walk around the fields afterward thankfully showed little damage.  I’m still waiting to get the winter squash and melons sown ‘till it’s a bit warmer and drier.

Though the strawberries are not quite pumping yet, there’s enough good food on the farm now to start the CSA!  It’ll be fun to have all the farm members coming out on Tuesdays and Fridays again, and hopefully in the time between harvests we can catch up on weeding/thinning beets & carrots and hoeing lots of beds.  Talk to you again soon