Thursday, May 3, 2012

May Day


We are now only a week away from the first market in Carlisle, and about a month away from the first harvest for our lovely CSA members!  Market starts 3 pm May 9 -- I always say that it is the social event of the week, and have yet to be proven wrong.  On the farm the recent rain has been a great relief, and I'm already planting my first warm weather crops outside (cucumbers, cherry tomatoes).  I turned my tax refund into a push seeder and couldn't be happier.  Germination has been wonderful and it's 300% quicker to seed, which is making a ton of difference as I am mostly on my own out there in the fields.   Here's a picture of the machine of the moment (JP-1 Jang Seeder that I first heard about in a PASA workshop), and for more pictures click on the slideshow to the left.