As veggie growers, we aim to start planting as early as possible. There’s so much planting to do in spring, and if we can get a jumpstart on it in early April, we’ll be able to harvest earlier, while reducing our May/June stress level. Planting in early April is always the dream scenario, and this year our dream may come true! The April planting goals are ambitious: 135,000 onions, the peas, kale, chard, beets, carrots, salad greens, Asian greens, and arugula to name a few. In April we’ll also be adding about an acre of strawberries and asparagus – perennials that we’ll start harvesting in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Further, since it is our first year full-time on Elm Grove Farm in Sutton, we have a lot of infrastructure pieces to put in place — building a refrigeration room and the greenhouse, setting up irrigation, getting the right equipment, etc. In balancing infrastructure and planting needs, we have our work cut out for us in April. But after a winters worth of planning and preparation, we couldn’t be happier to get back to the physical work — the part we love best!
