A visit with Farmer Roger

This morning's showers appear over for now. Discovered my weather station rain gauge plugged with bird doo. #
Attendance at farmstand & farmers mkt way down due to showers. Plenty of great produce, easy shopping. Don't be a fair-weather shopper. #
Home from LFP Farmers Mkt & our farmstand. Simple supper: fresh beets, good bread, ham, cherries. [...]

Getting warm already at 8:15. Expecting another 80+ degree day. Forecast cooler tomorrow. #
Setting up for July 4 weekend celebration. Hawaiian ukulele at 1, essential oil distillation at 1:30, hay rides, scavenger hunts. #
Raspberries, blueberries, snap peas, lettuce, frisee, onions, bok choi, kohlrabi, chard, kale, collards, parsley, dill, cilantro, chamomile. #
Enjoying a cup of Early [...]

Part sun, part clouds. Plesant breeze. #
Lake Forest Park F Mkt just opened. Bunching onions, s squash, lettuce popular. #
Crew planting Baby Bear pumpkins for our fall school tours, then mowing raspberries. Expect to start picking soon. #
Blueberries are near ripening. Need to mow so we can put up bird netting. #
Sampling our Magda [...]

Planting flowers today, starting with zinnias. #
Started planting Jack O’Lanterns today: Howden Biggie, Wyatt’s Wonder, Phat Jack, Super Herc, Magic Lantern, Magician, Racer, New Rocket, ++ #
Overcast today. Cool breeze helps, but muggy. #
Juan & Luis are planting Jack O’Lanterns all day today. Stewart & Keith are planting lettuce this morning. Evert doing greenshouse work. [...]