Hot Weather

It’s hot! What would we do without air conditioning at lunch time? I grew up without air conditioning. We learned to cope, to sweat, to drink water, and to take advantage of shade. I didn’t understand why some of my friends parents insisted on air conditioning in their cars–why, just open the window! I have…

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Greetings from under a tree

Hello friends! Greetings from under a tree. It’s too hot to be outside, but too cold for my overheated body in the AC; the shade will have to do. This week brings sweltering temperatures, but we’re prepared. Dad sets the start time to 6 a.m. instead of 7, and we get everything finished in safe(r) temperatures…

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Last summer delivery!

It was surprisingly cool this morning, and we’re enjoying it after last week’s heat! Despite some ups and downs this spring and summer with drastic amounts of rain and heat, we’ve made it through the summer. We’d like to thank all of our subscribers for their participation this year–THANK YOU! Both the whole and half…

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Back to School

It was super hot Monday for picking, and the rest of the week isn’t looking to be much better! But the vegetables are still growing, so our crew is still hard at work despite the heat. John and Janna are away for the whole week bringing Adrienne to college in Michigan, and several employees went…

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Heat, rain and earwigs

Thanks for reading, and for your support! We’ve been busy in the last week. With the heat and rain, the weeds have come out full force, along with bugs like earwigs. We saw a lot of them today. We tried to make sure none of them stuck around as we rinsed and packed your food,…

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