This winter was brutal......remember our strawberry experiment? 100% fail. Every plant died. Very disappointing, but we had below normal temperatures for all of January and most of February and these plants were new baby ones; not mature or hardy. Very sad, but Bill has ordered some more, so there may be berries, but not until September.
The lettuce has moved out of our basement and into the greenhouse at the farm, making room for tomato, eggplant and peppers. This may be our most successful start to the season yet; all the plants look strong and healthy. Because tomato, eggplant & peppers are warm weather lovers, it won't be until the end of May before we set them out in the field and even then we'll cover them until it is consistently warm.
It is only 6 weeks until the start of the Bloomington Downtown Farmer's market! I've also heard through the grape vine that State Farm will again have a farmer's market for their employees this summer. No details yet, but I'll let you know as soon as I hear something.
Not much else going on; this is the calm before the storm! We've been taking it as easy as we can, just hanging out and watching Redbird Women's basketball! Can't wait for next season. Lots of local type things to do here in April: check these out!
- Synergy RAD presents a Dance Showcase to benefit the YWCA Stepping Stones this Saturday (4/4) at 7:00 pm. More info here! I'm dancing--come & see me!
- EEK! I'm running in a half-marathon! 4/11 in Champaign--come cheer me & Mercy from Blueschool House on to the finish!
- Health & Wellness Expo--4/17-4/18 at IWU Shirk Center--lots of things here both local and environementally good.
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Patt! Yer killin' me! Now MY Bill wants me to start posting to the blog. Ha ha!
We are also waiting for the soil to dry out. We got a lot of spinach and onions sets planted before it got so wet, but it's been all greenhouse since then. Tomorrow is looking good enough to plant something in the upper field where it's dried out enough. The new field -- with the awesome floodplain soil -- is still saturated. At least that's what I understand.
I am totally pumped about the 1/2 marathon! I have not trained terribly well but hope to at least finish running. We'll see. The best part will be eating pizza afterwards at PAPA DEL'S!
And for all of your blog readers who think we're nuts for running, you could be next! (I was NEVER a runner prior to three years ago -- I do it for mental health, and it works like a charm!)
Best,
Mercy
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