Update from Angela

Our new friends George & Wanda from Alaska helped
harvest onions--thanks!

Recently my Dad shared a profound statement applicable to both life and farming: rarely is a harvest in the same season as its seeding. As we pull massive quantities of onions out of the ground this week that were sown back in February, how much time has passed, and how the seasons have changed from their starting point.

Brendan & Molly set Torpedo onions out in the
greenhouse to cure.

The rains continue as well as the weeds, though I caught a trio of farm members weeding down in the hot peppers last Friday. What a blessing! Please feel free to weed while you harvest in the U-Pick field; we are doing our best and aiming to get on some weed crews, but in the meanwhile every tall grass pulled is helpful.

Members caught in the great act of weeding in the
U-Pick--thank you!

Notable Novice Days on the Farm, by Angela

Cooling off at the faucet

Last week hit 90 degrees for the first time since last September.  Blazing hot and blessed be, on those two days five novice Sisters and one of their director Sisters joined us in the field.

The whole crew weeding beets

We planted sweet corn, okra, eggplant, and peppers, along with hours of weeding crops that were swimming (rather, nearly drowning) in weeds.

Weeding peas

Thank you, Sisters, for all your hard work.

Having fun with hand tools