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Farm Happenings for June 3, 2020

Posted on June 1st, 2020 by Janet Aardema

June 1 is starting off cool here on the farm, but this week will bring very summer-like weather. We are getting ourselves and the plants as ready as we can for multiple days with temps at or near 90 degrees. The Broccoli and Cabbages are going into this week quite happy, but we shall see how they fare after these hot temps! The season for these crops in the spring tends to be very short due to the onslaught of heat. Their season in the fall extends longer. 

We're delighted to be pulling a lot of carrots out of the ground for you this week! As the most challenging crop we grow, this winter we gave these precious carrots a lot of attention with overabundant and repeated seedings. That doesn't always result in an abundance of spring carrots, however, so we are extra grateful that it seems to have worked out decently here in 2020. Enjoy the results of that work!

Salad greens, Rainbow Chard, Kale, Sweet Salad Turnips, Cucumbers and more are also thriving right now while the Tomatoes and Sweet Peppers are slowly continuing to grow, mature, and ripen. Enjoy your options this week!

In case you missed the details below in the first week of your Farm Share, please read to the end.

- When you arrive at pick up: Find the bin with your name, take the contents, and leave us the empty green bin.

Check your label for any circled items that will be separate from the bag. (Ie: Tomatoes, Bread, Plants, Flowers.) Collect those items. 

- You are responsible for collecting all of your items at the location you choose, and during the time frame indicated. 
 
Vacations:
The software we use does not have vacation weeks built in. Instead, if you can't pick up a particular week you can reschedule that week's share for a future week in this software (Harvie), or you can have a friend or family member pick up for you. Just forward this email to them so they know the details. 

Here on the farm staff are all still very healthy and continuing diligent hand washing, social distancing, mask-wearing, and extremely limiting the activities any of us are involved in off the farm. We're taking our health very seriously, your health very seriously, and are also grateful that this is not a food-born disease. We are strictly following the governor's orders about our activity, as well as the Va. Dept of Ag's rules about farm business and farmers' market logistics. Any questions at all? Reach out! 

Blessings on your meals, and wash your hands often ~

Janet, Dan, & the whole Broadfork crew (Julie, Caity, Karen, Ray, Diana, Rachel, Mare, Tom, and the kids: Sylvie, Joren, Elletta, and Beckett)
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