Day 55

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Radishes survived the frost
Anne examining the "tender greens"

Herbs from Hilltop Hanover
Yesterday we were able to work in the garden. I was so happy to just be out of the house! We removed the row covers that we put on last week when we had a frost warning. The radishes and greens look fine.

We planted all of the herbs that we bought at Hilltop Hanover Farm. After a couple of years of not belonging to a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) we belong to two: Hilltop Hanover and Fable We joined these two because they are CSA's that issue you a "card" and you can shop whenever you want and buy whatever you want. We are experimenting with this model--it allowed us to get organic herb starters for the garden that we didn't know we were going to have.

The plan was to travel this summer--Ha!--and not have a garden. "Man plans, God laughs" goes the old Yiddish saying and it apparently applies to women also. Once we realized that we would be around all summer it made sense to plan a garden. We can't get to White Flower Farm for our tomatoes this year and we might just give up on tomatoes anyway. The Old Farmer's Almanac is predicting another wet summer for this region.

We've had so much rain that I don't think I'll need to take advantage of the DripWorks irrigation system that I put in a few years ago.

So how's your "sheltering in place" going?

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