Message from our farmers
Greetings,
We have just started our summer sweet melon harvest, (along with the deer that come into the field every night during the early morning hours). I am hoping that we will have enough for everyone, that is for both partial and full shares, to have a sample portion during the next few weeks. While I can’t be certain that the deer will leave us any, I figured we would start with what we have. This week we have some juicy cantaloupes that will be shared among the full CSA members. I am hoping next week to be able to harvest enough for the partial CSA members to split some too. Since we do not have enough for every member to have one melon each at this time, they must be sliced into quarters. We will try to send in some poly bags to help you with the distribution.
The dry warm weather has been good for disease control and general plant growth, but has presented some challenges for us with the crop requirements for irrigation. We are running our irrigation pumps long hours everyday, seven days a week now. I know we are in the heat of the summer, and it doesn’t seem to matter how many times I get cooled off with a water spray from the field sprinklers, because right around now, I start thinking how I’d just prefer to just have some cooler fall temperatures with a nice evening rain.
Who could ever get tired of summer weather like this, (except me)?
Be well,
Fred & Karen
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