It’s the big month we’ve been waiting all this time for! The next 6 weeks are the busiest of the season, bringing in the bulk of Horton’s annual income.
This week I’ve been into making smoothies with the strawberries and blueberries that seem to have erupted overnight. The temperature has finally hit the mid 80’s and it hasn’t rained in weeks – it’s similar to east coast summer except that at night it drops back down to the 40’s and I continue to start the day in a winter hat and insulated boots. The weather has definitely helped all of our crops as well as my AMAZING farmer tan J.
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| The weeds are growing exponentially, but we do so much harvesting these days that we hardly make a dent in it! |
Last night I got the weed whacker out and took care of my apprentice garden (yes, it was bad enough to require a power tool…). Today I carted out around 100 wax boxes and laid them over the cut weeds, which should suppress them for the rest of the season. Yay for me – but it really changes the aesthetic of our community garden…
The hoedown is only a few weeks away and we’ve been in hardcore planning mode. So far, we’ve come up with a lot of fun ideas…hopefully they’ll actually materialize. We have secured two bands and the beer, which I guess is all we really need. But, there are grand plans of a carrot shaped piñata, slip and slide, croquet court, eating contests, karaoke, and a photo booth. I guess our annual hoedown is a highly anticipated event in the farmer’s market circle – last year there were around 100 attendees! I’m already overwhelmed thinking about cleaning up that mess…
Well, it's 6:15am and I better get sharpening my knife!
