Apologies.....

....for the long silence! The Summer is such an insanely busy time, and what a Summer it has been! This year we have had approximately 3 days of rain since May, and combined with the, at times, very high temperatures it has been a challenge to keep all the plots watered sufficiently. As a result, the produce at some locations have struggled. However, the heat loving plants have been fabulously successful. The beans, tomatoes, basil and cantaloupe have been incredible, and the Summer squash, aghhhh, it won't stop producing. This all makes for a great display at the farmers' market:


Things are starting to get less crazy now though. Most of my Winter crops are planted, I just have a few more flats of seedlings to go out. Trying to get the Winter crops in on top of the busy Summer schedule made for a pretty intense time, but fun because it is so nice to see the next wave of veggies coming along so nicely.

At some locations the soil really needs building up, so after clearing away the main season crops I've planted clover seeds. I'm not confident they will germinate well with this lack of rain, but I can reseed if necessary in a few weeks. My plan is to let the clover grow for a while then turn it under as a green manure later in the Fall and then dress the beds with leaves and straw to add mass that will break down over the Winter.

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