News.
Hello from us. It’s been too long. Well now that the season is starting to show signs of ending, I think we’re due for an update.
First off, for anyone who lives in the Capital District, you probably remember how much rain we received earlier this summer. Some crops (blueberries) loved it! Some (tomatoes) most assuredly did not. More than any other year, I’ve come to realize how important it is to have diversified crops. There were many weeks when the blueberry sales made up for lackluster harvests of other crops. That said, we’ve had prior years where Mummyberry has taken the majority of our blueberries and other crops made up the difference. As each year goes by we get a better and better feel for what conditions cause what problems.
Now on to the real news. As I mentioned in prior posts, there’s going to be a little farmer born pretty soon. Because we REALLY don’t know what we’re doing in this arena, we’ve decided to scale back on farming for the next several years to make sure that the little whippersnapper gets all the attention he deserves! What this means is that we’ll likely have a garden for ourselves while devoting our actual farming time to the cultivation of berries and garlic. I realize this flies in the face of what I said above about diversity on the farm, but baby comes first.
Because of this, we’re scaling back on the Ballston Farmer’s market. It’s likely that we’ll start later (July or so) and have much less to sell. On the other hand, we’ll likely be attending and selling at a couple of Garlic festivals next fall. Stay tuned.