The orchard's a bloom!
Corey and Olive transplanting tomatoes. (They are now knee high!)
This is the time of year for spittle bugs. As we walk through the orchard, it looks like someone has walked in front of us spitting on the grass. Inside each spot of spit, is a small green bug. I wonder if they are more numerous in a dry year, because sometimes there are so many spittle spots out there that our legs can be wet when we come back in from our walk. At least it seems like we notice them more when it is dry. It could be that the rain washes away the spittle, and when it is dry there could be empty spittles left.
Lightning bugs abound at night. Take an evening walk and enjoy the show!
Strawberry season is upon us! Look for strawberries at the farmer's market or head out to one of our local u-pick spots to pick them for yourself. Don't miss the taste treat of real ripe strawberries, not the pretty red styrofoam from the grocery store.
Our greenhouse snake season is over, during march, april, and may we see lots of snakes in the green house. We appreciate them as an important part of the greenhouse ecosystem, because they eat small rodents that could eat our seedlings. They like it in there since it is warm and the mice like it for the same reason. At our peak day, Matthew counted 5 snakes that he could see at one time. There may be lots more than that, but that was the most that we saw at one time. At that time of year, whenever we pick up a tray of vegetables transplants, we have to look underneath and check to make sure that there is not a snake curled up under there. Occasionally, we find that we our fingers are touching a smooth object that is moving, and then a snake will gracefully drop out of the tray and slither away. By June its warm enough that the snakes move out into the fields and we only see them once in a while now. I sort of miss my daily dose of snake!
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