ASIF Gardens

Last week we're freezing, this week it is 75. The plants don't know what to do and the garden is reflecting that. Unfortunately the bitter cold a month ago and then two weeks ago have kept things in a slow recovery. The broccoli flowered out with itty bitty heads last week. We pulled the old ones over the weekend and cut back any frosted ones. We also put in new plants. Gus and Andy put in potatoes, more peas, and brussel sprouts as a lark while I planted the last of the white lady turnips. We were busy this week.

Hunting season ends this weekend and Gus and I are headed for the woods for a long deserved walk. Enjoy the warm days, early spring flowers and azaleas this weekend.

This week's baskets were filled with kumquats, lettuce, collards, cabbage, turnips, kohlrabi, and pumpkin. Eat well.

The air is definitely warmer today than we've seen. I ordered some frostproof a few days ago and the gentleman in Frostproof, Fl., said that 90 percent of the country saw ice the night before including this guy on his way to work that morning. Wow, my heart goes out to those without power suffering through the ice storm damage. I know how I feel when we have warm days and power outages. I can't imagine snow and no power.

The gardens this morning were frosted in. The lettuce especially seemed to enjoy stretching their leaves after having the frostproof blankets on them. They are looking lovely. I can hardly wait to munch on the first kohlrabi tonight for supper. Luckily we had some left for the farmers.

We are freezing around here. Picked Andy's garden on Wed. while the wind whistled around our ears. I'll jump into our garden in a few minutes to weigh and sort your produce. Current temp is 37 degrees. The cabbage roots were really hard to break off they are so cold.

More peas and spinach went in the ground over the weekend. We had 2 visiting artists-in-residence with the FSU dance dept. help us put in flats of lettuce and onions. This weekend 6 more flats of produce will go in and hopefully potatoes and more onions.

Folks have asked how long is the season? We are committed through the 2nd week of June. After that is a toss up. We usually travel during the summer. However, if we have enough folks wanting to stay going and willing to help out, we could talk about it as a group. Let us know what you want and are willing to do. In the meantime, know that we appreciate your investment.