Week 8
Hi everyone, I hope you're enjoying your summer! Despite the rain, I've managed to have some pretty great cook outs, parties, and a single swimming expedition so far. Sue and CLaude have managed to get some more hay made, and there may be another window of weather coming up in a few days. Today was pretty dreary, though. Fog, mist, and rain with heavy cloud cover... But I'm sure there are some sunny days ahead. The eggplant are ready! We pruned and tied them up yesterday, an
Week 7
Hi everyone, I hope you all are doing well and enjoying your summer! It's starting to really feel like summer now, with hotter days, balmy nights, fireflies and the summer veggies that are finally starting to arrive! Summer squash, beans, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers — these are the tastes of summer, for me. We still wish the rain would just give us a break for a few days- three in a row, to be exact. Then we could actually make some hay! It takes three dry days, because if yo
Week 6
Hi everyone, Another week, another newsletter, another bag of veggies! I hope you all are doing well and enjoying the summer weather. The heat is on again today, but I'm all for it in July! It finally feels like a proper summer. Great for swimming, camping, cook outs and picnics. I hope your summer schedules are full of ways to enjoy the weather and the season. Things are progressing at the farm, but the crops are definitely ripening later than usual. We did spot the first zu
Week 5
Hi everyone, I hope you had a really great Fourth of July yesterday! And I also hope you didn't get a ton of destruction from the terrible weather we had over the weekend. My road was almost washed away, and the farm measured 5+ inches of rain from Friday afternoon through Saturday evening. That's a ton of rain! A lot of trees went down in Cazenovia, and the soil erosion was really extreme. But that's what happens when you get that much rain in such a short time. All in all,
