The Share Fair was a lot of fun. Felipe stole the show and distracted potential subscribers. The kids loved him and he loved the attention. By 1:00 in the afternoon he did look exhausted and he laid down and rested. We still have openings for this season so let your friends know, now is the time to send in those applications.
We are busy getting the farm ready for opening day. There is so much to do in between rain storms. Planting outside has been suspended until it drys out again. We managed to get a few beds of flowers and some kale and chard in the ground before the deluge. We hope to get a dry spell to seed beets, carrots and plant squash under cover this up coming week.
Jacob helped me transplant all the tomatoes. We have about 8 varieties of cherry tomatoes and over 15 of regular season tomatoes. I am hopeful that by next week we will transplant out the greenhouse tomatoes. We will have tons of starts for sale by the beginning of May and I will send out an email to subscribers with the list. The Chinese broccoli is sizing up and may even be ready for the first or second harvest. The overwintering cauliflower is getting huge, we hope it will hold.
Jacob also accompanied me to Canby for the Home Orchard Societies annual scion exchange. We picked up over 30 varieties of apples and we are busy grafting them to root stock. Who knows what we will do with all those apples, but it has been fun. I am off to transplant and seed. See you in April.