6/2/2008
Well, I FINALLY set an opening date for PYO Blackberries: Tomorrow, 
Tuesday 6/3/2008.  We have a small fraction of the number of berries we 
had last year, so I plan to be open only Tuesdays and Sundays.
I have noticed anthacnose in the berries; that is in part responsible 
for the reduced crop.  I plan to make another blackberry planting in 
another location this winter.
We also have a short crop of peaches due to several factors: advancing 
endemic diseases, lack of chilling for some varieties, and frost kill 
on other varieties.
For the past couple of years, I have had a shortage of labor; this 
year, I have none.  So, I have reduced my annual plantings to what I 
think I have a chance of picking.  Among other things, that means I 
will have no great quantity of canning tomatoes.  The relatively few 
tomatoes that I have look like they may start soon.
We have been unusually hot and unusually dry.  I spend a couple of 
hours each day dealing with water distribution.
We have had a constant supply of zucchini and Tatume squash for the 
past several weeks.  It looks like that will continue for a while.
I will later have limited quantities of peppers, okra, peas.
Since Ray Menke quit doing the Sunset Valley market last year, I have 
been doing most of them.  I was aware that Ray had been apologetic 
about my non-organicness even though I counseled otherwise.  Since I 
have been doing the market, I have assumed a more honest approach.  On 
my banner, I now have "Rationally NOT Organic".  This brings forth many 
questions that I am struggling to answer in a manner other than "I think 
all that prefer organic are ill informed".  And the beat goes on.

2/13/2008
I see I haven't posted here since September of 2007!  So it goes.
Over the winter, I've been just growing what I think I can pick.  And, 
that is not much.  Same is planned for spring; I've planted two rows of 
potatoes rather than my normal twenty.  I've been planting spinach one 
or two rows at a time rather than one or two acres.
We are getting near to picking asparagus, I think.  I got it shredded 
and herbicided.  I'm pretty sure I can't find time to keep it picked; 
it needs to be picked every day and I have more than two acres.  At the 
peak, picking will probably take at least a day.  Every day.
I mowed all the blackberries late last summer; that was really too 
late.  There is not much re-growth, so we will have a relatively short 
crop.  That's ok by me since we only harvested about 1/4 of the crop 
last year.
Peaches look pretty good.  A little warm spell will put most of them 
into full bloom.  I need to find time to get out there and prune them 
so that I can spray herbicide under them.