June 1

  Today is the most spring-like day in a month as we experience more rain and cold than since the end of April.  Walking down the dry dusty rows in the field under a hot sun for days on end gave me flashbacks to summer in Southern California.  Thankfully the irrigation system went together fairly smoothly, and the plants responded to all the sun and irrigation by growing in earnest.  And all the nice days gave me plenty of opportunity to work on prepping the field (which is close but still not 100% ready).
  June 1 also means that market season is underway.  I do love selling at markets but it means I lose three days of field work (Friday harvest, Saturday market and more harvesting, Sunday market) at a time when seven days wasn't even enough to get everything done.