Hail has been our nemesis this week – it took out the beautiful bumper crop of peaches, it shredded the lettuce & destroyed the blackberries.
We are still reeling from the damage – fortunately – we still have ‘maters.
This week the boxes may be varied – we will have plenty of corn & bean (I hope). [...]
Farmer’s Journal - hail
August 15th, 2008 · Click here to add a comment · Pam
Tags:blackberries·hail·lettuce·peaches·tomato
Tomato report
July 28th, 2008 · Click here to add a comment · Pam
We had some ‘hail-like’ precipitation – we can tell by the torn tree leaves, etc.
Those pesky tomatoes - we won’t know for another 24-36 hours – you folks hopefully won’t see it – we will just have a gazillion tomatoes to make into sauce, juice etc. This is the second MAJOR set back with the [...]
Food for Thought - Eat Local
July 12th, 2008 · Click here to add a comment · Erin
Thanks to our Sandy Spring coordinator, Gene Klinger, who spent from 1-7pm at the site this week. We think the previous shortage of shares is due to partners not communicating with each other and both picking up a full share. Again, please do not take a share unless you know for sure that your partner [...]
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