Heat is here to live

Welcome to Summer!  Is it June?  Good gracious, it’s almost July.  I am finally getting to the most overdue journal entry of all time.  It feels awesome to be back on the helm.  Full Moon Farm has been chugging along with great growth, purpose, and dignity over the past several weeks.  Our little community has been eating well as farmers chase inspiration in what has been a warm start to the summer season.  But no complaints here, tomatoes have set fruit and begin to ripen, summer squash is on its usual rampage, and the rain has been steady over the past few weeks.  The only big issue I am fighting at the moment is the pesky deer.  The land we farm is currently fenced about 7 or 8 feet high around the perimeter of the property.  We use a heavy plastic gauge mesh betting that is tied up to rebar and fence posts.  It has held up mightily up to this point in the season, but lately I have been seeing more and more breaks and more and more tracks.  The deer are literally jumping straight through the “serious” netting.  I have got to find a cure before the break-ins get worse.

In other happenings, the summer routine is pretty serious. I have been spending my nights trimming up garlic that has finished curing in the barn, cooking dinner for my family, and watching summer cover crops grow strong with all this heat and water . I can’t wait to see a field of flowering buckwheat.  Oh the joy of summer.  Believe it or not, I have already begun to mentally prepare for the upcoming fall season.  I have more summer crop successions to get in the ground, but fall visions of lettuce, broccoli, and winter cabbage are dancing around.

Other news in the family since I last updated is the addition a new website for our sister project, Moonshine Meats.  Jason and Darla have energized the distribution of local protein here in north Georgia.  Check it out for more information on how you can get involved. 

Here are the last couple weeks of CSA that I haven’t posted in a while.  Enjoy

Week 6Week 7

Tractor Gospel

Summer in the shade.

Coffee on the brew.

Shake it on down.

2 man crew.

Your farmer, Jack Matthews



Comments

[Robert Ezekiel]

I thought my deer defenses were working until the other day I saw all of my tomato plants topped..... UGGG! Back to the drawing board.

love the Tractor Gospel !

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