Jandy's

What a windy April this is! We have all our hoophouses up and covered with plastic. We have tried the new hoop-bender offered by Johnny's Seeds and have 3 sections about 32' up and covered. Then the 50+ wind gusts came.... Removed the plastic, but the plants we had JUST planted took quite a beating. Lost a panel on one of our other greenhouses and worked to save the whole thing from blowing into the next county. After the winds died, we just took the whole thing down and will start over next year...

But nothing major was lost and we made it through the day. Spent Easter weekend planting onions. Have lettuce, bok choi, spinach, peas and other spring goodies planted out in preparation of Market opening May 1. Saw our first asparagus spears popping through the ground. Even though we've had record-breaking warm temperatures already I'm sure we're in for some cold weather before things settle down.

Seems harder this year getting things together. Either I really am getting older or just didn't do enough over winter to stay in shape!