The rain game.......

We have had record rainfall this spring....
Easy to work with when putting seedlings in to the ground during the luck of dry days and neatly tossing the direct seeded crops in short windows of opportunities to do so.
Peas are now about a foot long and the chard and lettuce starts are slowly coming around. The potatoes are revealing their green tops which means it is time to hill and straw them up for baby potatoes first and larger ones later. The tomatoes, peppers, tomatilloes and basil in the greenhouse are screaming to come out and play ! Unfortunately the questionable night temps and soil warmth is something that has to be more predictable during a safe time to take the chance of being on their own out there in the fields.
Yes on a small scale of warm season veggie production one could set them out and use various covers of frost protection but when it is a field of them, it would not be cost effective for us to do so as we work with mother nature and what she gives us for growing in. Seasonal growing and eating is part of what CSA is about. For some folks, the understanding of what goes on behind the scenes in this type of growing arrangement can be quite educational indeed.
The strawberries are showing the buds of blooms but not quite opening up yet. The blooming succession of apple trees is definitely one challenge to get to this year as the non-petro spray we will be applying can only be done in dry weather to make it effective. It is like a dance we do to have apples with pretty faces in the summer and fall.
Pending a corporate contract tied in with the CSA farmers I am sharing land with, it looks like this farm could be full. We are waiting for a few details that need to be firmed up from them to get a better idea of where the subscription status stands. This means I am taking folk's info through my website to be placed on a waitlist for the regular growing season. Fall and winter shares availability will be decided on at a later date in the Summer so there may be an opportunity there-will keep you posted!
Adieu!
The Clark County Farmerette!