Last week's reality check continues to resonate in my mind. I recognize I made the mistake of comparing our farm to the other You Pick places in the area, where strawberries are grown in a mono crop. Seeing their closures because they felt their strawberries weren't up to par for their customers made me do the same. I am so self-conscious that someone is going to come here and be disappointed. Actually, one person did come and didn’t like what they saw.
We aren’t a mono crop strawberry farm though. It is a forest that we tend to, a full circle ecosystem teeming with diversity. It presents its’s challenges and requires a lot of labor. The rewards are unending though. I’m choosing to change my perception and not compare ourselves to other farms or try to be like them. I’m proud and happy we have a lot of people who support us in this. Thank you!!
With that, we are open every day this week Sunrise to Sunset. All self-serve at the stand in the parking lot. You can forage a few strawberries still. There are field peas and sugar snap peas coming in, the tendrils and flowers are great for salad. Sugar snaps are randomly growing with the grape vines on the greenhouse side of the orchard. Field peas are back by the picnic table by the small greenhouse. Garlic Scapes and lettuce is available as well.
I’ll be at the Waterboro Library today, 7/01/2024, at 4:00 p.m. for the Astronomy Club. I have a presentation on galaxies.
Tea Time on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. Reading Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas and discussing plant heredity. I’ll have tea with crackers or bread. Feel free to bring a snack to share but no pressure.
Check the Calendar for volunteer time!
Hope you make it out,
Gwendolyn
Image taken by Phillip Last night of the North American Nebula , NGC7000 with the Redcat 51 apochromatic refractor telescope.
