In mid-May, we were planting every single day. Peas, then lettuce, pickles, squash, beets, beans, broccoli, and more broccoli. As soon as the weather was warm enough and the soil was dry enough, we had to move as fast as we could.

The well-drained soil that we have on our Brockport farm is very important to us at this time of year. All of that Spring rain soaking the soil and slowing us down on our Albion farm, just drained away to the south, through the sandy soil here in Brockport.

In May the apricots bloomed, then cherries, followed by peaches, plums, and finally apples. Such a beautiful time of year.

Now it's June! This Spring season started out cold and wet, slowing us down a little. We're very thankful for the warm temperatures that the end of May brought us, and it's amazing how much things have grown. It means that we're packing fresh peas, CA apples, rhubarb, lettuce, and basil in our very first CSA share of the season.

Take a look at what can happen in three weeks!

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Peas

From bushy little pea plants, to taller bushes with lots of bloom supported by string... and now we have peas! (See if you can find the pea in the photos.) Edible Pod Peas are for sale in the market as of June 8th and we'll have them for weeks.

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Lettuce

Lettuce came out of the greenhouse three inches high, and now look! It doesn't take long for lettuce to be ready for harvest. We have heads of this incredibly tender lettuce for sale in the market, right now!

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Strawberries

According to Farmer Tim, our strawberries have the best bloom he's ever seen! The weather has cooperated so far and we haven't lost any to frost this season. Picking should start in 7-10 days, we're looking forward to an amazing strawberry harvest!

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Pickles

Pickles were planted while the weather was still cold, so they were covered with a row cover. Row cover is a very large sheet of light weight fabric that insulates the plants from damaging temperatures. From small pickle plants tucked under the row cover with just a few true leaves, and now they're starting to look like vines! In the third photo, you can see our "control group" on the left, that was not covered by row cover. The plants weren't burnt by the cold, but you can definitely see the difference in size.

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Squash

It's incredible what can happen in a few weeks. We'll have squash on our table in about a week!

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Beans

We'll start out with green beans this year. Yellow beans are in the second planting, along with more green! We started growing beans just three years ago, and we all really enjoy the difference you get in homegrown, handpicked beans. They're the sweetest, most tender beans you'll ever eat!

Can you tell we've been working hard?