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May 21 Growing Season Update

BUSY BUSY BUSY All the farmers are hustling to get their gardens and fields planting. Dale has been putting the paper mulch down and planting in them. He is also out seeding some of the fields that the cattle pasture on. With the big temperature swings it is a constant opening and closing the hoop-houses from either frost or too much heat. The potatoes are still sitting in crates waiting to be cut for potato seed. The sweet potato slips will be arriving a little later than normal. The cattle are out of the small front pasture and into the larger pastures. Sweet corn has been planted, the peas outside are needing to be trellised, the bee hives are doing fine.
The two evils attacking the plants in the hoop-houses are grasshoppers and aphids. There are some natural methods to help control them, which we are doing.
Until Next Time
Marian Listwak