July 13, 2012
The heat has finally dropped but the drought pretty much continues. Crops are slowly coming in but the quality and amount are dependant on our watering schedule.
Two weeks ago. With temperatures above 90 most of the week we started earlier than usual with our daily chores and watering and weeding. We can almost see the plants growing in front of our eyes from morning until evening, with the weeds as always seemingly winning the race.
Two weeks ago on Friday Daniel carefully picked our Lodi apples, our earliest breed, which are green and tart but seriously are so ripe they are (were) bruising on the limbs of the trees.
We packed for the Saturday morning Athens Farm Market and early in the evening
the derecho storm arrived. Going out to the porch to bring in the light weight cushions and what ever we could grab, Scott and I ended up running for the cover of the house as the lighter weight porch chairs became projectiles aiming at our heads.
As the winds twisted and turned the trees, seemingly every apple left bounced on the ground and covered the grounds with all the apples missed in our first picking.
As of last night the raccoons have discovered the ripe and ready apples and were driving the dogs crazy in the middle of the night….as the raccoons in the tree munched to their hearts content.
Products available this week at the market include: early potatoes, radishes, green onions, beets, and two kinds of garlic.
Hope to see you at the market on Saturday.
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