Is that what I said last year?

Sorry I haven't posted in forever. But it has just been crazy busy around here. From April 15 to about June 15 we are busy with seedlings, getting all our big annual plantings in the ground, plus getting our weekly plantings done, plus getting ready for the farmer's market and CSA season. In addition to that, all of the rain has really been affecting our ability to get certain jobs done, so there is some field work we are really behind on.

But once the annual plantings are in, and the markets and the CSA start, a certain rhythm takes over each week, and the workload is pared back to a slightly more managable level.

That time is coming soon, which is a good thing. I have been getting a little burnt out. When Maryellen asked me what I wanted for Father's Day yesterday, I only said, "A day off." And when I was telling Maryellen the other day about how I probably messed up the fertility in one part of the field, and that we might lose our onion crop, she reminded me that I said the same thing last year, and in the end, we had plenty of onions.

When she mentioned that I had to think, because I genuinely did not remember saying last year that we would lose the onions. And it made me realize that this time of year is stressful because you have done all this work, but you have nothing to show for it until the crops mature.

So maybe I shouldn't take myself too seriously this time of year. For example, last year I was all doom and gloom about our tomatoes, and while we did have some disease problems, we got a crop off, and it all worked out Ok. And while last year started out cold, it heated up and was our best melon year yet.

I guess it is all going to work out somehow. But I am looking forward to that day off next Sunday.