Granddaddy used to say that it never hailed in the bottom lands. Robert and I have believed his words for the last thirty-one years. However, sadly yesterday Granddaddy was proven wrong. Robert was actually weeding carrots when the rain storm with dime-sized hail arrived in our gardens. It could have been much worse. I remember a hailstorm in July 1974 which produced golf-ball sized stones and larger!
Of course, your CSA Farmers always sample everything which will go into the veggies boxes. so we did eat this choi in our salad last night. I can attest these Asian greens will taste delicious even if they will are not as picture-perfect beautiful as in years past! This storm did bring brought our recent rainfall total to 2 .5 inches. The soil was dry and the sun is shinning this afternoon; therefore, so far, so good.
This was one of the larger chois, but things are growing rapidly. We have not yet started the CSA and it will take two full weeks to once we do begin. Keep an eye on your email Inbox. I will attempt to give each CSA Member as much notice as possible before we harvest your first box.
Cane Creek Asparagus & Company CSA 