This week will be busy. We've got tons of things to plant, our first CSA pickup, the weeds have woken up, and then there's everything else. You could probably just make up a job using randomwords and it's probably something we need done.
Let me try. I'm opening the dictionary...to the word... neutral. Hey that's pretty good, because one of the
jobs for this week is spreading lime, which is of course limestone powder used to neutralize acidic soil. Most plants prefer a pH of 6-6.5, but our soil before cultivation comes in at around 5.5. Applying lime at a rate of 170 lbs. per 1000 sq. ft. gives us the pH range we need to grow all these tasty vegetables. Without this very important rock we'd have some sickly plants. Most New England soils are acidic because our bedrock, granite, is acidic. Putting lime in your soil basically imitates the effects of limestone bedrock. What's great for us is that our lime is locally quarried right down Limerock Road at Conklin Limestone, the oldest working quarry in the USA. (right)So if anybody has free hours this week, don't hesitate. We need hands, even if you can only spare an hour. I, Matt, will be working at Mathewson Farm most dry days. When it's wet, I'll most likely be potting plants or doing maintenance. Catherine will be harvesting on Monday and Wednesday. If you're unsure where we are on a given day, just call our cell: 481-6115
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