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| Just a taste. Photo by Yaiza D. Marca |
In the interest of leading with the information most
relevant to you who read these words I am thrilled to announce that strawberry season
is now open. Overnight we have gone from
a few ripe berries to a field of ripe berries.
FOR THIS WEEK ONLY WE WILL HOLD ADJUSTED PICK YOUR OWN HOURS. PICK YOUR OWN HOURS WILL RETURN TO NORMAL NEXT
WEEK WHEN SHARE DISTRIBUTION BEGINS. PYO HOURS
FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 8TH WILL BE AS FOLLOWS
Tuesday-Friday, 11am-4pm
Saturday, 8am-Noon
This week’s limit will be ONE QUART of strawberries per
share. Quart containers will be
available in the Dairy Store.
Next week, the week of June 15th, the share will
open in earnest. Although it is a little
too early to make a totally accurate prediction of what will be in the share
next week, here’s a little preview of what we are likely to have.
A quick note on the conditions in the fields
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| Putting the irrigation away after the rain |
After our long wet winter we were caught by surprise by such
a dry spring. Within a month we went
from fields patchy with snow and lakes of thaw to needing to irrigate
daily. While irrigation may help our
crops to survive a dry spell it cannot substitute for a good soaking rain. Many crops have remained shorter and stockier
than expected while their roots have (hopefully) grown strong in search of
moisture. On the bright side the dry
conditions have been hard on the weeds as well.
We have tried to capitalize on this by cultivating regularly. Our hope is that now that we have finally received
some rain we will see some explosive growth this week and the weeds will be
both literally and metaphorically left in the dust.
