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Thursday, July 12th, 2007
It is clear to me now that the farm manager is probably the wrong person to try to write a blog. This time of year it is hard to find the time to breathe, let alone write. Things are all coming on at the same time it seems. We are all amazed at how beautiful the tomato plants and tomatoes are this year. The plants are the most beautiful ones yet. We are expecting a record breaking year with the tomato harvest. Squash and zucchini are plentiful to say the least. We are harvesting most of the day now. All of the beans are producing well and taste amazing. The peppers and eggplants are ripening quicker than I expected. We harvested several purple bell peppers earlier this week. We also have baby melons everywhere! That is truly exciting. There is such a sense of pride this time of year. Getting to literally see the fruits of your labor is so much fun. We are thankful that we finally got some rain recently. We are still pretty dry here, but every little bit of rain helps tremendously. I think next week we will have the explosion of red tomatoes that signifies the peak of our year. Then we will be even busier than we are now. Even though I have been through it several times now, I always forget how huge the harvest can be. We will all have green thumbs (and fingers, and arms) as anyone who has actually picked a tomato knows. I wouldn’t have it any other way!
