The News from Windflower Farm
On Thursday, our (still new) truck experienced difficulties with its electronics and stopped running. We were able to rent a truck in relatively short order and transfer the load, but it made us very late getting to several sites. I am sorry for your inconvenience and thank you for your patience. The truck remains in the shop as of this writing – I’m hoping for good news tomorrow morning. Kage suggests we keep our eyes out for a good truck from the ‘80s – something from the electronics before-times.
What’s in the share?
- Assorted tomatoes
- Beets
- Sweet peppers
- Sweet corn
- Mixed mustard greens
- Kale
- Swiss chard
- Garlic (Please put on your countertop and eat soon. Our garlic won’t keep long this year)
Your fruit share will consist of 1 quart of plums from Yonder Farm AND 1 cantaloupe from us. Please refrigerate your melon and eat it soon because it won’t keep long.
What’s new on the farm?
It was another big week here at Windflower Farm, this time for very different reasons.
The tail end of Hurricane Debbie struck on Friday afternoon with straight line winds in the 80-100 mph range. As often happens following heavy rains and wind, the power went out. Jan and Nate hopped on their bikes to investigate a power outage the map indicated was about a mile down the road and came back very upset because our next–door neighbors experienced the brunt force of the wind. At one house, three or four holes were punched through the roof by falling tree branches, a porch was blown off and a barn’s steel roofing was blown off. Dozens of trees were knocked down, taking power lines with it.
At another house, an ancient locust was blown against the roof, crushing a large section and punching a hole. Additionally, three barns lost their roofs, leaving stored hay, equipment, and workshop tools exposed to the elements. The clean-up got underway immediately. Dozens of people showed up, several with heavy equipment. A neighbor used a cherry picker to de-limb the tree, and a relative with a giant excavator removed the trunk. Chain saws and payloaders were put to work by the dozens ofpeople who showed up to help. The rest of us hauled tree limbs out of the way. And by evening’s end, the road and driveways were cleared, and the roofs weretemporarily patched.
The houses will be repaired in short order. The barn roofs are still under assessment and will take longer to repair. But no one was hurt. Meanwhile, a day later, sitting on my front porch listening to the singing of nearby songbirds and the ongoing work of neighbors using power tools in the distance, I’m feeling grateful for this wonderful rural community that we have become a part of, where neighbors really help neighbors.
Next week, among other things, we’ll send tomatoes, peppers, sweet corn, cabbage, Romaine lettuce, and arugula or a mustard mix.
Have a good week, Ted
Central Brooklyn CSA 