Hello Folks, so we made it though the dry spell and the second (or was it the third?) heat wave of the season. And that season was spring – we are not even officially into summer yet. The first half inch of rain that broke the dry spell came with high winds that knocked out our power for 36 hours. We had to back-feed the electrical panel in the greenhouse with a portable generator to keep the ventilation fans running. The last two storms dropped a half inch and ¾ of an inch, without such dire consequences. We can take a brief pause in moving the sprinklers around the field and stretching out reused drip tape on the acres of winter squash that I have been planting. (more…)

Hi Folks! So here we are at the first week of the Circle Brook CSA season – lettuce begin! In the Ron Howard movie “Parenthood”, the roller coaster is used as a metaphor for the ups and downs of that endeavor. I think it is an apt one for farming as well. (more…)