Much like the 1995 action movie, We're feeling the Heat. (That was a pun) It's been very dry and very hot these past 2 months. So dry that when we planted Okra on July 13th, it didn't come up until July 25(that's 12 days for all you math-whizzes). You know it's Hot when Okra procrastinates. We're also feeling the heat because our CSA begins soon and the drought has some of our crops performing lethargically. We can irrigate-and we do-but there is NOThing that provides water like a good rain.
Unlike the movie, we haven't robbed a bank-because everyone has been so excellent at paying up front(It's really the only reason). This is one of the advantages of the CSA model. We have money to pay the water bills, seed bills, and random other supplies which we need to grow vegetables for our members. Also, we like ice cream.
In year 3 of being an up-and-coming farmer(I can't believe I just said that about myself) the challenges are different. With increased memberships come an increase in the vegetables grown. For instance, Our first season we had 20 members. We took really good care of those 20. Now with more than triple that we work extra hard to take really good care of our members. It's difficult to balance because like most humans, greed shows it's ugly head every now and then. It is our job to control that and not take on additional members we know we can't handle. We want to ensure that we can take really good care of each member with a box full of fresh, un-purchased-from-another-farm produce.(phew that was a lot of hyphens)
So for this season we look forward to the heat dying down and gusts of fresh air. We hope to pick all the snap beans and say, " Oh good, we have enough to give every member one and a half pounds!". We hope the feeling of Fall, that relief from Summer, will give us a spring in our step(I promise I didn't do that on purpose). And we would be happy to know that everyone still gets excited when opening their box each week.
Enjoy the Fall, and the Fall CSA,
Charlie, Stephanie, and AJ
Unlike the movie, we haven't robbed a bank-because everyone has been so excellent at paying up front(It's really the only reason). This is one of the advantages of the CSA model. We have money to pay the water bills, seed bills, and random other supplies which we need to grow vegetables for our members. Also, we like ice cream.
In year 3 of being an up-and-coming farmer(I can't believe I just said that about myself) the challenges are different. With increased memberships come an increase in the vegetables grown. For instance, Our first season we had 20 members. We took really good care of those 20. Now with more than triple that we work extra hard to take really good care of our members. It's difficult to balance because like most humans, greed shows it's ugly head every now and then. It is our job to control that and not take on additional members we know we can't handle. We want to ensure that we can take really good care of each member with a box full of fresh, un-purchased-from-another-farm produce.(phew that was a lot of hyphens)
So for this season we look forward to the heat dying down and gusts of fresh air. We hope to pick all the snap beans and say, " Oh good, we have enough to give every member one and a half pounds!". We hope the feeling of Fall, that relief from Summer, will give us a spring in our step(I promise I didn't do that on purpose). And we would be happy to know that everyone still gets excited when opening their box each week.
Enjoy the Fall, and the Fall CSA,
Charlie, Stephanie, and AJ
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