Rain, rain go away, Farmer John wants to play!! It has been raining for two days here at the farm and it's been good, but we've had enough.
We're busy trying to decide how to manage the weather over the next three evenings (like we could!). The wind is going to be too gusty tonight to do much, we're hoping for a nice blanket of snow to cover the berries and help keep the wind from blowing our strawberry covers off.
Farmer John will be out of town for the next few days, so Uncle Russell will be backing him up doing frost-protecting on Monday and Tuesday nights.
Imagine walking the fields at 13 degrees (we're typically 4 degrees cooler than Raleigh) and knocking the ice off of sprinkler heads-YIKES!! We've done all we can with covers, frost-protecting and prayer to help the berries, we'll keep you posted!
