Abbe Hills Farm CSA

Greetings shareholders and friends,

The market tomorrow is in Mt. Vernon, 11:00 until 1:00, at the Community Center east of downtown.  I'll be there with eggs, spinach, leaf lettuce, stir fry kits, green garlic, and maybe a little cilantro that survived the winter in the field if it's not too muddy to cut it (but I hope it is).  I'll also have very early asparagus from Local Harvest CSA.  But it didn't grow very much this cold week, so the harvest will be small.

It just starting to sprinkle while I am writing this.  Hope it rains a lot, all weekend.  We really haven't had a good rain since last June, and it's starting to show.  The snap peas that I planted on March 29th still haven't emerged out of the ground.  Not because it's too cold (the usual situation), but because they haven't absorbed enough water to be able to germinate.  So a good, slow drenching would be a wonderful thing.  Plus, I could stay in the house and catch up on the paperwork that is getting completely away from me. 

The next event of the Mt. Vernon Vegetable Gardening Club (needing a better name) is coming up on Wednesday, April 25, 6:30 pm.  Join us for a walkaround at Jo and Brian Nowak-Thompson's farm and gardens.  Every kind of gardener with any skill level is welcome.  If you'd like to get a reminder notice, zap a note to Charlene Vig, our communications expert, and she'll put you on the mailing list.

Hope to see you Saturday,
Laura