Market Today with a nice Chilled Cucumber soup.

Good Morning,
Cloudy with a hint of rain out there this morning. The plants could use about an inch of water, it is so dry with this heat. Plenty of goodies for the market today.
Farm is chugging along, tomatoes are coming in. Gotta pick them.

Seeds in just in time for the rain.

Little storm coming through. Need the moisture in my sandy soils. Especially for the lettuce. Tomatoes and cukes are coming, cukes might actually come in full tilt this week. Summer squash is being just strange this year.
I confirmed with my neighbor and he did get rid of his bee hives last fall. Boy do I notice the difference in the lack of pollination around here.
Watermelon and Cantaloupe are looking great in the greenhouses. Hoping for a bumper crop.
ciao

Heat and weeds........

Well summer is on this week. Plenty of heat and weeds. Things are taking off and we are scrambling to keep up. Time to shift gears and really get going. Also need to start thinking about winter planting already. Need to find another chest freezer, mine finally gave up the ghost. Processing of basil and tomatoes will be starting soon for the winter CSA.
Chickens are extremely vocal this year. It does not bode well for them when fall arrives and I have time to cull out the old birds. A "new" rooster has decided to try and start crowing at 4:30 now. Ouch.
Well gotta go harvest while it's still cool out.