We did get some hail on May 8 which dinged and tore the leaves of our Asian greens. It was pea to marble-sized hail and did not last too long, fortunately. The greens will be chopped for salads so it should not be much of a problem–just not pretty. We were again blessed to not be under the type of clouds which covered the Henderson County apple orchard areas.
We are getting too much rain! The bottom lands, of course, collect all of the water running off the mountain. Too much rain stresses the roots of the plants which stresses the crops we are attempting to grow! The weatherman says sunshine is coming and 80 degree temps. Of course, this is way too hot for Spring Greens, but the sun and heat will help to dry out the soil.
The potatoes are growing. If you look closely, you can see two places where the deer walked through the “potato patch.” We do not fence this garden area as potatoes are one crop the deer do not seem to be interested in. They did step over the plants at least!
Robert and I do what we can! There is still no start date for our CSA. Each CSA Member will get a direct email from me when we are harvesting their first box of veggies. I will ask for a response to the email so we know that you know when to expect veggies. The chois, romaines, etc. start out small and grow rapidly in size under reasonable growing conditions. Whether or not the 2025 Harvest Season will be reasonable remains to be seen. Still, over the last 25 + years we have been blessed with a pretty good track record!
Cane Creek Asparagus & Company CSA 