Message from our farmers
reetings,
Tomorrow Wednesday, August 3, 2011 is your CSA week # 9 delivery.
Life is never dull here at the farm. As the men and women on the field crews were washing up some of the vegetables harvested on Monday afternoon, we received notice of severe thunderstorms headed our way. I instructed the crew to pack up what ever they had out, and we would make provisions to finish the packing and washing the following morning. It was just a short time later that the lightening started and winds picked up with gusts close to 40 mph. What ever was not tied down, was blown off the tables at the farm stand. Large clay pots of staked tomatoes weighing over 100 lbs. were toppled over by the wind among other things. We lost electric and Internet/cable service as the winds came through.
We were without electric power until around 4 AM this morning. Without electricity, the compressor on the refrigeration unit cooling our CSA veggies was inoperative. Fortunately, the electric transfer box and cable I had installed a few years ago worked well with the generator I purchased back then to run the refrigeration unit. As much as I’d like to say that everything was ‘pre-tested’ before really having to use it, the truth of the matter was that it was ‘tested’ when I set it up to run late last night into this early morning.
Just another challenge in getting the best of our vegetables to you in your weekly CSA shares.
Be well,
Fred & Karen
