Message from the farmers
Greetings,
For those that follow the weather closely, you may know that this past Thursday evening, we had a sustained time period (more than a couple of hours) of temperatures in the mid to upper 20 degree range (Fahrenheit), for a good hard ‘White Frost’. Some folks refer to a Frost of this magnitude as a ‘Killing Frost’. Any vegetable not cool weather hardy, like our Broccoli, and Cabbage, was killed by this freeze. The affected crops included all of our Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplants, Squash plants, beans and some others.
Even though the temperatures have moderated and returned to mild temperatures in the upper 50’s, damage to the cells of the frost sensitive plants from that evening, was too great for those plants to survive. If you’re familiar to what can happen to a water pipe that has frozen, then you can imagine what happens to the cells of these plants that rupture when they are exposed to freezing temperatures. Knowing that we might have freezing temps, we did our best to harvest as much of these items to put into our barn for storage on Thursday afternoon. So as not to surprise you if you happen to stop in at the farm stand, we will have a little of some of these items left to sell on the farm stand over the next few days.
With the beginning of the end (of the season) in sight, I always seem to have mixed feelings. As much as I want the harvests of the season to continue, I also welcome the shorter work days and slower rhythm of the fall and winter on the farm. It has been a good season to date, and I look forward to begin recharging our batteries soon.
Be well,
Fred & Karen
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