Such a strange place Pennsylvania. Would have been a great year for spirulina.
Yesterday farmer-nightmare surfaced. The Late Blight (aka Tomato Blight- aka Irish Potato Blight) that has been wreaking havoc on the Northeast US appeared on a few tomato plants in Sunil's field here in South Central PA. Sunil's been lucky so far this year as 70% of NE farmers lost their entire tomato crop and at least here he's had a couple harvests already. Nonetheless, Organic farmers have only one option to combat the blight, and that option is only preventative: Spraying copper on the plants. But with that action the Organic farmer begins to betray their good name, because Organic farming is about promoting Life; copper's inherent properties as a heavy metal are very Antilife. (for more information on the blight - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/opinion/09barber.html )
But the rest of the farm is going grandly. The shares of the CSA are overflowing, and could be even more stuffed if there was more labor.
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