Good morning. I had a good friend who's a 4th grade teacher suggest a bit of math, so I've done my best. Here's a bit of averaging & multiplying, have fun!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Update on Strawberries
We caught Farmer John out in the patch today for an update. Things are looking good here at the farm, it's so nice having this warm weather!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Johnny & Jacob Frost-protecting
Hopefully the weather will improve soon and we'll have some other things to show you! In the meantime Johnny & Jacob were out tonight, giving Uncle Russell and Farmer John a break and filmed these videos.
Understand they are 15 and 17 respectively and have a flair for the dramatic!
Understand they are 15 and 17 respectively and have a flair for the dramatic!
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!
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.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Rain, rain go away!
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!
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