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Growing Season Update-8/20

HOT HUMMID WEATHER. It has got to be good for something, not sure what. The farmers wish they could escape the heat, but they cannot. The gardens and livestock must be tended to and cannot be ignored, especially during these weather conditions. Dale (White Pine Farm) said the celery seems like the heat and humidity, on the downside is that diseases like fursium wilt also thrives, this disease damages celery and other crops.

Each year among some of the crops that don’t do well the farmers often experience pleasant surprises. The above picture is Dale from White Pine Farm holding a copra onion, which are a good storage onion, prior to hand harvesting the onions, he was worried they might be going bad since he could not get to them timely due to the fact that there is too much to do that needs to be done all at once. To his pleasant surprise this year has been one of his better copra onion crops.

NEW APPLES THIS WEEK. Almars are now picking Ginger Gold apples and they have a lot of Paula Red apples available. Next week they will be picking Machintosh Apples. Almar grades their apples into two grades #1, which is close to being blemish free and #2’s which have more blemishes (these are also called weather kissed), these apples are not bruised. The apples are hand picked and the ones that don’t make either grade are than turned into a wonderful blend of cider. When making the cider they use more than one variety of apples in combinations that make wonderfully flavored cider. To add other products to the mix they make switchel, apple cider vinegar and hard cider. When the fall season is in full swing they start making apple cider donuts.

Right now this very minute 1:49 pm Thursday Joe Law from Law Family farm is picking sugar baby watermelons. They are known for their super sweet flavor and smaller sizes. Perfect for most families that are only feeding the family that day and not the neighborhood. If you do not see them on the website when the market has opened check back he may still be picking them