We have had another busy week here at Hy-Hope Farm. It seems this time of year there is always something to be done. We have had some interesting storms this spring, with high winds and lots of rain. We have had many trees come down around the farm as well as pieces of sheet metal come off of the roof of the barn. We convinced one brave soul to go up the ladder to repair the roof one day this week. He made short work of it and was back on the ground safely.
We also spent quite a bit of time getting the tomato plants into the ground and getting them staked. There are still more tomato plants
to go in but we have made good head-way. We still have our beef steak tomatoes to put in along with red and green peppers. The pepper plants are tall and healthy and I think are ready to bear peppers any day now. Both the tomatoes and the peppers love all of this sunshine and warm weather we have been having. It has also done our sweet corn wonders. The corn was planted just last week and is already up and growing like crazy! Talk about the perfect summer-time dinner, sweet corn (smothered in butter of course!), thick sliced beef steak tomatoes with a dash of salt and pepper and a tall glass of cold lemonade… ahhh nothing better!
The sweet cherry trees are loaded with lots of cherries waiting to grow up. We should get an excellent crop of cherries again this year, that is if the birds don’t eat them all before we get a chance to pick them.
It is hard to be patient this time of year but all of the great Ontario fruits and veggies are worth the wait. I think that is part of what makes them taste that much better!
