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RVP-Snow, Snow and more Snow on the way!
This post expired on February 23, 2023.
Hello,
I realized that I hadn’t opened the market for this week. We have been busy moving snow, sledding and planting that I just forgot.
We ended up with 9-10 inches of snow. Everything came through just fine. With a strange East wind, most of the snow blew off all the high tunnels and I only cleaned them off once. It probably was required, but better safe than sorry!
On the growing front, I am planning on planting tomatoes in 3.5 weeks. It is hard to believe, but that is what my calendar says. I may have to adjust. The onions appear to be doing well. I am glad I have them planted, instead of trying to get them planted this week. I have carrots coming up too. I hope everything makes it through these bitterly cold mornings.
We will be tearing out stuff in the next two weeks to make room for new plantings. We will be offering salad mix this week and probably the following week too. I will leave the Kale for two more weeks, but then it will have to come out too.
The transition time is always hard to figure out, but I will see if we can keep some stuff going in another tunnel while I clear out the other two. We have 24 flats of plants growing with 50 to 98 seedlings in each one. As soon as the weather evens out, we will be planting.
We will try to fill all orders this week with normal delivery times, but with the winter weather coming in on Sunday night/Monday morning and a baby that can’t make up its mind when it wants to come, it could change. Don’t let that scare you from ordering, just keep it in mind.
Orders are due by 5 pm on Sunday!
Thanks,
Jay