Spring Break

Happy Easter! The only good thing about a delayed strawberry crop is having a few days away with Russ and the kids. Here’s a fun photo of Jacob and Johnny crashed out on the beach. It was a beautiful day to spend in the sun, looking forward to a few more before back to work.

Hope your Easter is full of joy!

Is it spring yet??

We are trying to be patient, but it's really hard! It seems like it's been overcast and cool since sometime in early October-yuck! Our strawberry crop is about 3 weeks behind because of the weather, they just haven't had enough bright sunny days to encourage growth.

I hope you've had a good winter. We're getting excited about spring, the garden is growing, the CSA starts next week and we've been rearranging in the market. We'll try and get some new video this week so you'll have an idea of what's new. We hope to be open by April 24th. Stay tuned!

Strawberry Picking Delayed!

Well, it looks like strawberry picking will be delayed! We had hoped to be open by April 1st, but I guess the strawberries “fooled” us. We are planning now to open the market the week of April 6th and be opening the fields to the public for picking by Friday, April 10th, Easter weekend! Stay posted here or sign up for our email newsletter for the latest updates. Check out the “why” in the video with Farmer John & Uncle Russell.

Tuesday morning at the farm

Here's another video of Uncle Russell frost-protecting on Tuesday morning. Nice shot of the ice on the plants and showing you a picture of why we have to walk the fields all night long when the weather is this cold.

It's actually Tuesday night around 8:30, sorry for the delay in posting. We've finally made Uncle Russell go take a nap, Jacob and Johnny are out in the fields this evening. They can stay out until around 10pm, but then need to go to bed as they have school tomorrow morning!

Monday Night, Frost-Protecting with Uncle Russell

Well, we've got at least two, potentially three nights coming of COLD weather. Here's a brief video Uncle Russell took on Monday night around 5:30, it's just stopped flurrying here at the farm.

Uncle Russell in the Ice!

Uncle Russell is in the field in the early morning after watering the strawberries all night. We use overhead irrigation to create ice on nights when the temperature is going to drop much below freezing. The making of ice actually creates warmth and insulates the berries.

With care like this, we should have berries on April 1st, no fooling!