June 22, 2018
Week 6
Here are some of the
items you may be receiving in your delivery this week: Spring Onions, Yellow
Squash and Green Zucchini, Red Russian Kale, Spinach, Hakuri Turnip, Scarlet
Globe Radishes, Rainbow Swiss Chard, Assorted Lettuce
We are very thankful
for the wonderful farming community we have here. Talking with other farmers
this week it’s shocking how the frost at the start of June is still affecting
all of us. The Christmas Trees may not recover for 2 years due to the amount of
damage done to the new growth. Entire apple orchards have started to
prematurely drop their apples. Additionally the soil suffered and we all have
our fingers crossed that the rain this week will help it bounce back. All
gardeners are hopeful the crops will recover by the end of July. Last night I
was relieved to see small improvements for many things.
A few items this week
were generously shared from other organic farms. The boys and I were up in the
field until 8 o’clock last night planting our new seedlings which we sowed
after the frost. Our cat Jasper came up as well to make it a family affair.
Friday deliveries went
well pulling the trailer around Halifax. I’ve only driven it a few times and
need to take it to a parking lot to practice backing it up. It was stressful
but we picked up the new tiller from just North of Truro and it’s now home and
ready to use on Tuesday. Our other one had a complete engine failure but as it
was over 40 years old it certainly had put it’s time in. This one is a smaller version
so it will be much more manageable for me.
If you have any questions please feel
free to contact me.
Your Farmer,
Amber
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