Monthly Summary – October 2011 Logs reviewed and summary prepared by BY September 27th, 2012 General Observations: Rainy conditions from late summer rolled into October leaving behind saturated conditions. First week saw clear skies but that led to continued rain through the second week. Mid month saw the planting of the BGB’s with fennel, scallions, … Read more
Monthly Summary – October 2011
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September 4th, 2012 | Posted by in Monthly Summary - (Comments Off on Monthly Summary September 2011)Monthly Summary – September 2011 Prepared by TH September 4, 2012 General Observations: Late in August hurricane Irene left conditions saturated. September brought additional rainy weather and flood watches. Days of heavy rain forced work inside, extended a crew lunch noted in the log, and cut some days short. However, work pressed on with regular … Read more
Monthly Summary – August 2011
August 1st, 2012 | Posted by in Monthly Summary - (Comments Off on Monthly Summary – August 2011)Monthly Summary– August 2011 Logs reviewed and summary prepared by MR, August 1, 2012 General Observations: Reading the log I am struck by the words, Tomatoes, Rain and harvesting. They seemed to dominate the record, like the rest of life and activity was not noteworthy. Total rainfall exceeded 20 inches, including 7 inches during Hurricane … Read more
Monthly Summary July 2011
July 10th, 2012 | Posted by in Monthly Summary - (Comments Off on Monthly Summary July 2011)Monthly Summary– July 2011 Logs reviewed and summary prepared by MR, July 10, 2012 General Observations: Just over an inch of rain is recorded for this month, with a Heat Wave noted by mid month. Lightening storms chased the crew from the fields at least twice but the brief showers simply increased the humidity. Early … Read more
Monthly Summary June 2011
June 5th, 2012 | Posted by in Monthly Summary - (Comments Off on Monthly Summary June 2011)Monthly Summary– June 2011 General Observations: Ahhh it’s June! This seems to be the thought of every farmer I’ve ever met come June. We all wonder what exactly happened to May and even April for that matter. The weeds are going crazy, some sneaky trickster must have fed all the worst of the weeds some … Read more
Monthly Summary May 2011
May 3rd, 2012 | Posted by in Monthly Summary - (Comments Off on Monthly Summary May 2011)Monthly Summary – May 2011 Prepared by KG May 3, 2012 General Observations: This May, like 2010, was the second highest in terms of worker hours. That means a busy month. Added to the planting of BGBs and field succession plantings in May are the planting of our field tomatoes and flower successions. On top … Read more
Monthly Summary April 2011
April 3rd, 2012 | Posted by in Monthly Summary - (Comments Off on Monthly Summary April 2011)Monthly Summary – April, 2011 Beau: Logs and records reviewed, and summary prepared 4/3/2012 General Observations: April of 2011 saw snow showers on April fools day and progressed to rain showers which created very wet conditions through most of the month, ending in a beautiful sunny day on the 30th. Notable issues were the water system … Read more
Monthly Summary – March 2011
March 13th, 2012 | Posted by in Monthly Summary - (Comments Off on Monthly Summary – March 2011)Monthly Summary – March 2011 Prepared 3/13/12 TNH General Observations: From the log the weather appeared to be what one would expect, remaining cold with some rain and snow at times. Despite that it seems to have been a busy and productive start to the season. Administration 204 hours: Lots of meeting and discussion of … Read more
Monthly Summary November 2010
November 3rd, 2011 | Posted by in Monthly Summary - (Comments Off on Monthly Summary November 2010)Monthly Summary – November 2010 Prepared by KG November 3, 2011 General Observations: By November we are getting late into fall and temperatures are falling below freezing many nights. WWCFM has ended with the exception of their pre-Thanksgiving market, and Summit ends the sunday before Thanksgiving as well leaving only Hopewell after that. November is … Read more
Monthly Summary October 2010
October 5th, 2011 | Posted by in Monthly Summary - (Comments Off on Monthly Summary October 2010)General Observations: Winter is coming!! That is what was on everyone’s mind this month. All three markets that north slope attended were still in full swing and therefore produce needed to be available. With temperatures dropping crop health was a concern. Measures were taken to regulate crop temperatures in the field and all … Read more