Sunday, August 26, 2012

It's been so long!

Yes, it has been forever since I posted anything on this blog. Busy, busy, busy!! 

What a season! It started off quite promising with a mild, relatively dry May. Everything was growing great. Then June hit! Oh my, rain, rain and more rain combined with cold temperatures brought everything to a crashing halt. It is very difficult to keep the breaks on when there is so much to be planted, but thank goodness I have a greenhouse where I could put transplants until conditions were better outside. And things did get better! We have had a glorious Summer.

The new tomato house at the Art Farm in Langdale is fabulous - the cherry tomato vines are up to the ceiling and producing like crazy. The heirloom tomatoes at the other two greenhouses are ripening nicely - three cheers for luscious Black Krim tomatoes! :o)

We didn't plan on doing potatoes for sale this year because it was such a nightmare last year with the blight, and when I do the math determine that there is no money to be made in potatoes. So we didn't buy any new seed potatoes this year, instead Paul planted out the baby leftover potatoes from last year. What do you know - we have fabulous potatoes this year, particularly the rose fingerlings - now we have too many for our use and will be selling some after all. :o)

There is so much to report but I have to get going to set up our farm stand. I want to post a bunch of pictures too - soon!!

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