Monday 16 September 2013

What a difference a day makes! Last Thursday was up in the upper 90's and then Friday started in the low 70's and then made it up in the 80's, but that was so much more pleasant to pick in then the past couple of weeks! We got some much needed rain Sunday, but sure could use a lot more! Never satisfied are we?! :)

We've been busy as usual. Picking takes two days right now to get it all done and then we still aren't getting all the tomatoes done. We've been dehydrating apples and getting strawberry and garlic beds made and ready to plant. We planted two thousand strawberry plants yesterday outside. The other thousand will go in the hoophouse so that will be the next project to get done; tear out the weeds and till up the ground in the hoophouse and get it ready to plant! We need to get the garlic bulbs pulled apart so we can get them ready to plant and pretty soon we will need to start digging the sweet potatoes and then picking the winter squash!

Market has been very good the last several weeks. We are kept busy all morning and don't get any breaks. Greg bought me biscuits and gravy from the food wagon Sat. morning as he had to carry out a box of tomatoes to a customers car and thought he'd stop on the way by, but I never got a chance to eat them! It's good to be busy, but sure makes you tired! :)