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Growing Season Update Oct 8, 2015
The cabbage butterfly are still hanging out, they are a wonderful creature to watch as they bounce from plant to plant looking for a home for their eggs. I actually enjoy watching them and if it wasn’t for the evil activities of their children (caterpillars) eating and pooping on the cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts and other plants we would let them alone. Next year we will have to release some natural predators of these butterflies.
Ducks on the pond, they are not real ducks, just fake ducks marking areas where the pond is being aerated, the aeration improves the water quality for irrigation as well as it helps fish to survive over the winter.
It is the time of year that the growers close up their hoop-houses to protect the plants from the frost. Also the ground is being worked so that fall cover crops can be sowed and plowed under next spring to help add organic matter to the soil.
Inside work continues as we prepare for new plantings, in one hoop house all the beds are changing direction so that we can do smaller plantings more often and more variety.
The clover is actually a cover crop, it is good for the bees and beneficial insects as well as it competes well with unwanted weeds and adds nutrients to the soil. As always it is nice to see the periodic 4-leaf clover, as often time farming seems like luck when we are at the mercy of the weather.
NEW PICK UP LOCATION
We are pleased to announce that Nature’s Better Way in Metamora as a new pick up location. If you live in the Dryden or Metamora area you may find their store a perfect location. It is a Herbal Vitamen Shop on the North West corner of M-24 and Dryden Rd.
Thank You to Judy and Chuck Erkfitz owners and operators of this store.
Me, My Health & Eyes News
Me, My Health and Eyes. Patricia Aldrich is heading to to Florida for the winter. Her business will not be available as pick up location during the winter months, from Dec 4 until sometime in the late spring early summer.
Her business practice will continue on every aspect by means of Skype, email, mail and phone. She will also have a biweekly newsletter Via email and a website is under construction. She will have winter visits to Michigan to do in person consults. Because of her seasonal relocation, the CSA is in need of an alternative new delivery/pick up location in the Lake Orion area. If you know of a chiropractor, Natural Practitioner, Storefront that would be willing, please contact the CSA Farmers Market at 810-688-7442 or via email.