Friday is here and so is the end of June!? 4th of July next week? Where did that come from? Summer decided to make an appearance on Thursday. Nice and warm and sunny. Tomatoes are showing some color and things are moving right along. Cucumbers are growing about a foot a day. I have them all trellised this year. CSA pickup went well, Barre market show's some promise. Have to go harvest before the rain and get a few things done.

Here we go...the latest in weather whining.....so the meteorologists states that so far we are plus 1.5 inches of rain for June and minus 3-5 degrees in the normal temperature department. Continues to be cloudy, windy, cool, ah well. The bugs are out, the slugs are in, the deer got the phlox but not the veggies, yet. I am still in a very odd place with production. Things are moving along but ever so slowly. I really need my tomatoes and cucumbers to come in, zuchinni would be greatly appreciated as well. Pole beans were transplanted today (yes transplanted, the first 2 direct seedings rotted in the ground. I have run out of space on the farm to plant. I am eyeballing a blue spruce that serves no purpose but to shade my greenhouses. If it was not there I would be able to put in another 30'x100' bed.......and plant more veggies.

Cloudy and humid.....could not ask for better transplanting conditions. Last few things going in the next couple of days. Mostly melons and some beans, extra winter squash. Ate my first ripe tomato last night out of the greenhouse. June 19th with no supplemental heat! Insects are making up for lost time with the cold weather and are out in force. Plants are looking really good though and everything is lush and waiting for some heat. That is in the forecast for next week. Weeds are under control....so far......Headed out to the kitchen table bistro in Richmond for dinner this evening. Should be fun. Basil is going great guns and the garlic scapes are finally coming in. Cucumbers are sizing up nicely and I finished another ditch yesterday morning. Man what a work out. Need to get going on the next greenhouse so I can get the excavator in here for the summer. Gotta go.......