Planting time

The weather has finally sided in our favor and the activity on the farm is rapidly escalating.  A friend of mine once likened his orchard to a giant engine getting ready to roar.  If  that could be said of our farm then we are now in the process of warming our engine up.  The vegetables are putting on size and color.  Seed orders are still arriving and the farmers are planting like mad.  Down in the back section of the farm on field mk1 the farmers were laying plastic mulch today.  This field is just under a mile in length and there were five beds made each covered with a layer of black plastic.  So that puts us at about 5 miles of plastic laid on the farm this year and we’ve only begun.    I really don’t like to put this out there but it means a tremendous labor saving issue and healthier plants that won’t have to fight the weeds to grow.  It also helps to heat the soil so plants like watermelon, whose root systems need the extra boost of heat, will survive and grow in our climate here.