Nobody needs news from the farm to know that spring is here and it's time for growing. You might be surprised that it's already time for the first harvest of the year though! It's amazing how the veggies that poke along through March and April suddenly explode in size in May. It always seems like they must have been just pondering how they'd like to grow and suddenly made their minds up all at once. 

Almost all of the beds have been made at this point, which feels like a milestone just as much as the first harvest. It's rewarding to have every garden on the farm packed to the brim, with one crop being transplanted into a space right on the heels of the last resident being harvested out. Starting as many crops as possible in soil blocks makes for a surprisingly quick turn around once they've been put in the ground. Most of the space in the gardens is used by at least 3 different crops over the course of one season.

Pollinators are out en force around here. I've even spotted yellow-jackets, whom I normally suspect of pillaging other bees' hives for food, doing their part or maybe just taking advantage of the abundant wild things blossoming. Fortunately the only "bug problems" I've come up against so far this spring are slugs in some Tat Soi greens. These slimy fools are easily lured into sunken jars half full of beer where let's just say they look like some serious party foul by the next morning (for your sakes no picture has been included).

If you're a member make sure you've gotten the latest newsletter in your e-mail! Lots of important things specific to CSA members will be said in newsletters that may not be included in this "Farm News" section of the website. I can't wait to send the first produce your way next week!