A NOTE FROM FARMER SARAH
Dear CSA Members,
It was April 2013 that Farmer Al was admitted into the hospital for a massive infection in his leg. It would be an ongoing, summer into fall, battle to get on top of it. Three stints in the hospital, three surgeries, and a year later… those nasty microbes in his leg have been stamped out. As I said last year, collectively we human beings can do amazing things when we focus our thoughts/energy. Thank you to everyone who sent energy to Farmer Al in the form of healing vibes, prayers, thoughts and general “healing”. It worked.
So what about the microbes in the field? How are they? We’re happy to say they are thriving. With our compost making and tea applications, the healthy good-for-us microbes are multiplying and thriving; which is a really good thing. It means less disease in the orchards and more delicious fruits on your tables and in our farmer’s markets. So far we’ve gotten rain when we needed it and warm dry weather when it was critical. The baby fruits are happy, healthy and growing fast. So far it looks like we’ll have an early harvest again this year.
I always like to hear it’s an early harvest because it translates into getting back to all the farmers markets and seeing all the familiar faces of our regulars. It’s always so nice to catch up with everyone and hear how their winters were. Going to farmer’s markets is a time to get out of the office and talk to the people who have hands on day-in-day-out dealings with our fruit. It’s invaluable feedback. Most of the time it’s all good, occasionally, it’s not such a happy exchange, but still invaluable. We want to provide the best eating experience to the people who are buying our products. Without the feedback, good or bad, we don’t know if we are providing that or not. So please, remember, we are growing all this fruit for you and want to hear from you on how you like it. Or don’t like it. We want to hear from you either way.
Get ready everyone, harvest 2014 is about to begin. You should start seeing Frog Hollow Farm stone fruit in your boxes within a month. We hope you are all as excited as we are to see what the season brings.
Good Health,
Sarah.