Picking up the Pieces

It’s been hot, which is what the plants have been waiting for. We look forward to seeing them grow over the next week. Three friends came over on Saturday and took Tunnel 1 apart with me, and on Monday I picked up all the pieces with Adrienne, who is home from college for the summer,…

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Rebounding from the wind and hail

Other years, we have had more to offer in Week #4 boxes (such a choi, shown in its hail-damaged state below). This year, after a Mother’s Day tornado-producing storm dumped hail on the plants newly exposed by the wind-torn Tunnel 1, our plants are still rebounding. We’re glad we have something to offer this week,…

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Good news and bad news

Greetings from a wet corner of Northwest Iowa. The good news is that there is no serious structural damage after last night’s tornado-producing storms. Tunnel 3 and the Greenhouse did survive. The chimney for the greenhouse was detached from the heater and hanging oddly toward the ground, but that is a relatively easy fix. We…

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