Summer "fruits" (vegetables with seeds inside of them) are in their prime right now! Look for lots of options for Tomatoes, Eggplants, Sweet Peppers, and...the one fruit-fruit we grow: Watermelons! We are also rich from our harvests of Onions and Potatoes. The work days have been very long recently but the rewards are many. We've honed in on the best heat-tolerant Lettuce varieties so we still have hundreds of heads of Lettuce for you. Carrots are now done until the fall harvest (wish them luck germinating in the upcoming August heat!) but Red and Gold Beets are still growing and delicious.
Eat well this week, and please help us wish for some rain. In addition to the record-tying heat (Andrew Frieden reported this morning that we haven't had two 100 degree days back-to-back like yesterday and today since 2012), it is now very dry at our farm. We haven't had any significant rain in quite some time. Plants are stressed by this, and our irrigation source is not abundant enough for true drought conditions. If anyone has had positive experiences with a water dowser, please get in touch.
COVID update: Virginia continues to do better than most other states, but we are continuing to take the pandemic very seriously and continuing to limit any activities any of us are involved in off the farm. All of our farm staff are all still completely healthy and also continuing diligent hand washing, social distancing, and mask-wearing. We are currently not planning to hold any events here on the farm this season, which hurts our hearts. We love inviting Farm Share members and friends to enjoy the farm with us. However, we're staying on the cautious side of this situation. We hope our small example as a local business can contribute to our community's health and safety.
We continue to monitor the health of all staff. We are strictly following the CDC's recommendations for how to live life safely and with appropriate precautions, plus 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 keep masking up and washing your hands ~
