I can see the end as far as planting the gardens is concerned. In the last couple of weeks we’ve put in: sweet corn, most of the winter squash (we’re doing acorn, butternut and hubbard this year), summer squash, pasta squash, cucumbers, popcorn, broom corn, fennel, basil, turnips, swiss chard, salsify, cherry tomatoes, beans, flowers, basil, other miscellaneous herbs, jack O’lanterns, rutabagas, cilantro, Indian corn, sunflowers, gourds, tomatoes and cantaloupe. We still have watermelon, peppers and eggplant left to put in.
Overall the weather has been cooperating. A couple weeks ago we had patchy frost here, I made sure everything that needed to be was covered up good and we didn’t lose anything. My only complaint is that we could use some rain. So if everyone could just do some rain dancing that would be great.
In other farm news another baby goat and another baby sheep have been added to our growing herd. Speaking of sheep, we sheared them this weekend. This shearing event went much better than last years, read a previous blog entitled ‘Shearing Phyllis’ to learn more. The ease in shearing this year was probably due to the fact that we now own an electric shearer and also because my dad must have been a sheep shearer in a previous life.
Cass did take a hoof to the face at one point and he also got stepped on. My dad and I escaped unscathed probably due to our cat-like reflexes. Anyway, the sheep look much more comfortable and as a result we now have four fleeces on our hands. If you know of anyone who would be interested in them please let us know. There is one white fleece and three black/brown fleeces.
Delivery time is fast approaching! Just a reminder: Hampden Park folks pick-up between 3 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. on Wednesdays (first pick-up will be June 3) and River Market folks pick-up between 3 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. on Mondays (first pick-up will be June 1).
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