Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Good Morning, Sorry for the delay in posting. It's that time of year when I hide the computer up in the office becuase there is too much to do around here for the next 2-3 weeks. Need to go out this morning and see what the frost killed last night. This growing season continues to be a great one but with extremely frenentic weather. Sunny weekend with high winds and temperatures 10-20 degrees below normal....ouch.  The meat chickens and ducks are growing really quick, portable coops seem to be working out real well. Black plastic will have to be layed once again (this will make 3 times this spring) since the wind continues to be a real challenge up here. Sweet potatoes are in the ground but not much hope there since they were left in the mailbox overnight with the frost last week. Stuff in the greenhouses is ready to go outside so hopefully we will get to that this week. Have to see what the weather brings. I have the first Barre Farmer's Market tomorrow and they are forecasting up to an inch of rain.....now why did I give up sitting in an office to make a living? Things around here are in transisition but the farm has never looked this good. Hated to pull things out of the greenhouses but the cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplant, and melons needed to go in. Outside fields are ready to be planted but frost keeps being an issue. Going to have to try the remay row covers and figure out how to make them wind proof.  Three Penny Taproom is a new place here in town, stop in and try one of the beers and they should have my eggs on the menu soon. They are pickling them to go with all the beers they serve. Well gotta go. 

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