Farm Update

Down on the Farm A new customer came in today and told me she had been to another farm asking about organic veggies.  They told her that she would never find a vegetable without some pesticide, insecticide, herbicide or chemically laden fertilizer on it.  My response included two words.  The first one started with a b.  Enough said. I need to apologize to Brandon, a customer who comes in regularly.  For some reason, I thought he had emailed me about saving him 5 tomato plants.  So when he walked into the market I immediately started talking to him about his tomato plants that I saved for him.  He looked a bit confused.  I got his honey he wanted and told him to not forget about his plants.  He looked more confused.  He got his eggs and I showed him where the plants were.  The poor guy finally said,  "I guess my wife could use one or two plants."  I looked confused.  Off he went.  I checked my saved email about the tomato plants, it wasn't Brandon who wanted them it was another customer, Ryan!!  Brandon, if you really didn't want those plants and you bought them just to stop me from talking to you about "your" tomato plants, I will be happy to give you a full refund.  Guess I've been in the sun to much. Speaking of the sun, a lot of it and no rain.  We have received less than a quarter inch of rain since April 19 that's 25 days.  Not good for seeds to germinate and new plants to take hold.  We are watering like banshees. Melanie at Putnam Hill Nursery, once again this year, is sharing her wonderful herb plants with us. Now through the weekend we have: English Thyme Silver Thyme Italian Oregano Hot and Spicy Oregano Curly Parsley Dill African Blue Basil Sweet Basil Thai Basil Holy Basil Chocolate Mint Mint Julep Kentucky Colonel (spearmint) German Chamomile French Tarragon Lemon Verbena Stevia And we still have a few Cherokee Purple and San Marzano tomato plants left. Also this weekend in the market: Asparagus (will go fast), arugula, salad mix, red Russian kale, collard greens and red radishes.  There will be a limited amount of all the items as things are just starting to get large enough to harvest.  Eggs and honey available as well. Have a nice weekend!

Locally Yours, Vicky and Steve