The late-spring lull is always a nervous time on the farm for me. Strawberries and peas–the stars of June–have hung up their boots for the season, but summer’s stand-outs are still a few weeks away. It feels like we’re treading water, waiting for the day when our pick buckets once again fill up with cherry tomatoes.
In past seasons, the black raspberries have helped fill the space on the market table, but our current planting is tired of its wet spot in the corner of the farm. It’s production has dropped off a quite a bit over the last couple of years.
To help ease the transition into summer (and feed our berry-obsessed daughter), we have plans to establish a new planting next spring. We have a nice piece of dry land already earmarked for the project and a future farmer eager to sample the product.