Week of 8/25/24

Its been another busy week, both Monday and Tuesday were very hot and on Tuesday it was also very humid with the temperature being in the mid 90s and the heat index around 110. I didn’t do any more than I had to those days. I just picked the tomatoes, cucumbers, and beans that needed to get done.

While I was up in the woods this week, I noticed that all the leaves on the young maple sapling had turned brown and dried up from the recent hot and dry weather. After the wet spring and earlier wet summer, I hope it does not kill any of them, I hope it just puts them in an early dormancy.

I started to prepare some ground up in the woods to plant some ginseng seed this fall. I called up to Marathon Seed where I have gotten my seed before, and they are no longer in the ginseng business as the man who ran that part passed away last winter. So, they decided to drop that part of their ag supplier business. Dale will be missed I really enjoyed working with him over the years; he was one of the good ones. So, I will need to find a new supplier of seed if I want to continue growing seed as I get none off my plants as the turkeys beat me to the seed before it gets ripe.

The leaves on the chestnut tree are now turning red, and the elder berries are also turning. Anybody for elder berry wine?

We did well at the farmers market this Saturday. We did bring a few pies back home, but no complaints from me as I will know what to do with them.

Have been getting great reviews on the book, unfortunately we did not have any to sell this week as we were out, got a order in and it should be here next Saturday.

Meanwhile they can be ordered at www.dorrancebookstore.com

See you next week!

-Helmuth Krause