FARM UPDATE:
Even though April was much cooler than last year we are off to a great start! Our first planting of peas and beans are up and growing well. All of our seedbeds have germinated and we are ready for another seeding.
Thanks to the snow cover from this brutal winter our strawberries were very well insulated and are looking very healthy. We covered a section of the field with row cover to help give us a jump on harvest time.
We have planted lettuce and onions with another planting ready for next week. Having lettuce available consistently can be a challenge especially in the warmer months. We try to over plant and plant often to secure a plentiful crop.
We are also growing on white plastic which is cooler and slows the plants from bolting.
We have planted about 30 acres of corn under plastic and another 10 acres on bare ground. The plastic corn is about 2 inches tall we will cut the plastic this weekend letting it grow through a small hole. We want to keep the greenhouse effect as long as possible so we will not remove the plastic until the corn is over 12 inches high.
This upcoming week we will prepare land for our first planting of broccoli, summer squashes, cucumbers, and pickling cukes.
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