Rain is the only missing component right now for a great market year. This past weekend marks the completion of planting for sweet corn, potatoes, onions, 'greens', and a wide range of summer and winter squash. We're about half done with the heirloom tomatoes and sweet and hot peppers.
The bee colonies are building up nicely with the queens (one per hive) laying about 1500 eggs per day. This should give us strong colonies for the major nectar flow which starts mid-June and runs into July. To date the worker bees (about 20,000 per hive right now) have been working the dandelions and apple trees. The June nectar flow that is for the beekeeper and for our customers. The rest of the summer is for the bees.
So far this year we've been challenged with equipment repairs (tiller & mower), water issues (no rain and problematic pump), many ticks, and a few early mosquitoes.
We look forward to the start of the Shoreview Market in June and seeing our old customers after a winter's rest and sharing our bounty with new customers and friends.
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