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Hi Everyone! In my last update I mentioned we were receiving some much-needed rain. Well, be careful what you wish for, as the old maxim says. We had two and a half inches fall that night and then another inch and a half from two other storms last week. This is more than we would like, but we take what we can get and fortunately it came without any damaging winds or hail. There are several drawbacks to excessive precipitation, one is that we are unable to cultivate the crops, and the weeds grow like, well weeds. The second is that our planting schedule is delayed, because we are unable to prepare the beds. Working the ground when it is soggy does great damage to the soil structure. (more…)

Hello All! We are currently receiving some nice rain, so far without any damaging winds (knock on wood). It was a mad dash over the weekend to get lots of seeds into the ground ahead of the storms. I have finished planting the winter squash (yippee!) and made a second planting of beets and carrots. Temperatures have been reasonable and seasonable, and the crops are growing nicely. Greens continue to be abundant. Peas will be snow or sugar snap this week, except for a few groups who are owed another serving of English. We have kohlrabi for this round; I like it raw – grated into a salad or made into a slaw. Soon there will be cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower. (more…)

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…)

Hello everyone, I apologize for not having written an update sooner. The first of my workers finally arrived on April 20th and a few more the next day. Since then, we have been working diligently to get caught up with the planting. My crew has been working 70 hour weeks, and I have been putting in even more hours, which is my excuse for not having written sooner. We are now mostly back on track, although there will still be some consequences to the late start. (more…)

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Hello Folks! So, we have come to the end of the line, for this season at least. Farming is never easy, but this year was a bit more challenging than most. It is the weather, of course, that primarily determines the extent and the nature of the challenges. This year, ten days straight of drizzle and overcast skies followed by a near 100-degree heat wave in June caused the premature demise of our pea crop. Fortunately, we did not have another scorcher of such intensity for the rest of the season. But we did have consistently dry conditions through the summer and into the fall, which kept us (and the well pumps) busy trying to keep the crops hydrated. The upside is that a dry season is better than an overly wet one. (more…)

Hi Folks! We have had a little bit of rain and a whole lot of wind. Tonight, the temperatures will drop into the mid-twenties- brrrr! It has been a mild fall thus far, but winter is coming! We gave up covering the peppers and picked what fruit remained on the plants. Now we are covering the hardier crops, which may still sustain some damage from a hard freeze. (more…)

Hi Folks! We received an inch and a quarter of rain from last Thursday’s storms – enough for the crops but not enough to make up for the deficit and recharge the aquifer. We have a few more tomatoes for you and we are including some generic mustard greens in the mix with the arugula – these can be spicy, not mild like the tatsoi. We still have some peppers but more green ones and turning color. We have a lot of cauliflower and are continuing the Napa cabbage broccoli rotation. We are sending some of the small sweet potatoes as an extra – they can be boiled and eaten with the skin or stir-fried. They also make great dog treats. Lettuce and carrots are back! (more…)

Hello All! We continue to enjoy mild weather. We have had light frost these past few nights, but the real damage was done two weeks ago when we dropped into the twenties. We may have some rain later this week. It is no longer as critical for the crops as it had been, but we still need some precipitation to fill the lakes and reservoirs and to recharge the aquifers which supply our well water. (more…)