The Raspberries Don't Know There's A Pandemic...
...and they are just growing in the usual way.
They look very nice, by the way, which is a welcome change from last year.
As we look through the baby field, we see some winter damage here and there but it is minor.
Quite different than last year when the babies had to be cut off because there was so little green.
Last year's babies have recovered. They look beautiful!
I'm not sure what to call them because they have never had a harvest -- but they are not first year plants. "Youngsters" might be an apt moniker, as opposed to "babies" which we also have.
If it weren't for a global pandemic going on, we'd be feeling quite excited about the coming harvest. Unfortunately there are two big unknowns facing us now: Will there be a market for our crop? And what kind of constraints will be required to harvest it?
We're starting to get some info on the constraints and it is worrisome. Social distancing requires more space on sorting lines, which means half as many people to do the work. It could take twice as long to get the fruit over the lines -- and we only have 5 weeks to get it done. It's not like the berries will wait for us!
It's going to be another interesting season in ways we had never anticipated.
Makes us even more thankful for lovely, normal growing conditions!
They look very nice, by the way, which is a welcome change from last year.
As we look through the baby field, we see some winter damage here and there but it is minor.
Quite different than last year when the babies had to be cut off because there was so little green.
Last year's babies have recovered. They look beautiful!
I'm not sure what to call them because they have never had a harvest -- but they are not first year plants. "Youngsters" might be an apt moniker, as opposed to "babies" which we also have.
If it weren't for a global pandemic going on, we'd be feeling quite excited about the coming harvest. Unfortunately there are two big unknowns facing us now: Will there be a market for our crop? And what kind of constraints will be required to harvest it?
We're starting to get some info on the constraints and it is worrisome. Social distancing requires more space on sorting lines, which means half as many people to do the work. It could take twice as long to get the fruit over the lines -- and we only have 5 weeks to get it done. It's not like the berries will wait for us!
It's going to be another interesting season in ways we had never anticipated.
Makes us even more thankful for lovely, normal growing conditions!
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