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Happy May!

5/5/2015

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Spring is officially underway, and we are officially back to the full-time work of plowing, planting, building, repairing, watering, wondering, and worrying. We've moved our seedlings from a small greenhouse to the big one that we'd been growing tomatoes in, and we're putting up a second big one for this year's tomatoes. We're seeding peas and transplanting the spring brassicas like broccoli, cauliflower, and kale. Early greens can be purchased at the Rutland and Middlebury Co-ops, though we won't be at the Middlebury Farmers' Market for a few more weeks. The CSA starts in just six weeks - this is a great time to sign up if you haven't yet!

We've even gotten some spring cleaning done -- moving a jillion plastic plant pots and harvest crates and camping equipment and assorted junk out of the old sugarhouse to make a nice space for hanging hand tools, having the morning meeting, and for employees to have lunch; cleaning up some of the old mulch plastic, pallets, and other farm debris that accumulates over time; and clearing out some overgrown patches with our new flail mower, a piece of equipment that Jeremy's been dreaming of for years.

Spring is the season of endless opportunity. The fields are all perfectly groomed and waiting to be planted, the greenhouse is bursting with new life, and the farmers are full of optimism and energy. Happy May!
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