Dear Friends,

What can I say after the last 3 days of record heat in March?  My friends, family and associates have done their best over all these years to coach me into being bubbly and upbeat about ‘farming’ when doing the weekly newsletter and I think that mostly I’m able to do so.  It’s because I love growing vegetables and flowers and the thought of our ‘produced with care’ food going directly into our shareholders homes makes all of us here feel good about what we do.  Here’s the ‘but’..there’s always a myriad of behind the scenes crisis’ that no one else can see or know and we take them in stride.  These heat waves however, are pushing the limits.

First I had to send the men home.  It would have been cruel and inhumane to ask anyone to work bent over in the searing heat. So scheduled work that really needed to be done was abandoned.   And the heat brings out the snakes and other critters in search of moisture (including thousands of moths that hatched overnight with voracious appetites for our sweet greens).  The temperatures also caused lettuces, cooking greens and flowers to ‘bolt’ (go into seed making mode) so they can not be harvested.

I’ll leave off the rest of it.  The important thing is that we still have wonderful products to send this week and it’s with gratitude to our members for understanding local farming is important for all kinds of reasons.

 And the best part of all?  The water is still coming out of the hose!

*DELIVERY ITEMS OF THE WEEK

Please note that some substitutions may apply from time to time.

 

Large	Medium	Juicing	Fruit Only	Petite
Swiss Chard or Red mustard	Swiss Chard or Red mustard	Strawberries	Strawberries	Swiss Chard or Red mustard
Sweet Peppers	Sweet Peppers	Pomelo’s	Pomelo’s	Sweet Peppers
Strawberries	Strawberries	Pinata Apples	Pinata Apples	Strawberries
Sprouts	Sprouts	Mangos	Mangos	Salad Mix with Edible Flowers
Salad Mix with Edible Flowers	Salad Mix with Edible Flowers	Kohlrabi	Haas Avocado	Pomelo’s
Pomelo’s	Pomelo’s	Kale	Cucumbers	Lettuce
Pinata Apples	Pinata Apples	Ginger	Bosc pears	Kohlrabi
Mangos	Mangos	Cucumbers	Bananas 1.75#’s	Cucumbers
Lettuce	Lettuce	Bosc pears		Baby leeks or green onions
Kohlrabi	Kohlrabi	Bananas 1.75#’s		Baby Heirloom tomatoes
Haas Avocado	Haas Avocado	Baby Heirloom tomatoes
Cucumbers	Cucumbers
Baby leeks or green onions	Baby leeks or green onions
Baby Heirloom tomatoes	Baby Heirloom tomatoes

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