Farming Friday...

So Spring comes next week, but Winter decided to give one last hurrah this weekend.

Not great news.

This year we have 5 acres of baby berries – just growing up to have their first harvest. As babies do, they are leafing out earlier than the rest. Right now they are at a very tender stage – stems out an inch or so with tiny little leaves unfurling. They are quite vulnerable to damage.

Fortunately, we have continued to have cool temperatures and cold nights so they have not grown quickly, and they have handled the hard frosts alright. But a cold, hard northeast wind could really hurt them. Drying and freezing conditions are very unkind to tender shoots.

The mature canes have hardly started growing yet which is hopeful for surviving the cold and wind.

Another positive is that the Artic Slap is supposed to be brief.

I think the grownup canes will be okay.

Hoping for the best. And if it does go badly, at least we will only lose 5 acres this year – not 10, like last year.

Good grief! I sound like Eeyore -- but I have to admit that today, I feel like Eeyore. Multiple years of defeats wears on you, I guess.

When the sun comes out, Eeyore will flee, and hope will revive. I'm ready for Spring on calendar, and in environment!