10/15/8
Well, we had VERY few blackberries this season and I expect even fewer 
next (2009) year.  I plan to plant a new patch and have some berries is 
2010.
I unexpectedly had a field hand show up in June so we produced far more 
than I expected.  We've done a lot of okra, which continues, and for 
the past month or so we've had a good supply of peas.
The spring tomato crop essentially failed, probably due to early high 
temperatures.  The variety "Valley Girl", however, did set a good 
spring crop.  I've beat back the spider mites and other troublesome 
insects and it looks like we will have the spring tomato crop this 
fall.  At this writting they are starting to ripen and there are quite 
a few out there.  The plants planted for fall are just blooming.
We had great peach and pear crops in 2007 and poor crops this year.  We 
hope for good crops for 2009.
I've been trying to plant not much more than is needed to meet demand 
at the Sunset Valley Farmers Market.  With the exception of peas and 
okra, I've succeeded pretty well; I've been selling mostly okra and 
peas to grocery stores.
For this winter, I'm planting garlic, spinach, arugula, carrots, and a 
new green, Sinposia.  And, I'm just hoping I will have someone to pick 
it all.
OH! I have at least one hog that is living within my deer fence.  He 
has been tearing things up for months and I hope to find time to get 
him after the crop pressure lessens.

6/2/2008
Well, I FINALLY set an opening date for PYO Blackberries: Tomorrow, 
Tuesday 6/3/2008.  We have a small fraction of the number of berries we 
had last year, so I plan to be open only Tuesdays and Sundays.
I have noticed anthacnose in the berries; that is in part responsible 
for the reduced crop.  I plan to make another blackberry planting in 
another location this winter.
We also have a short crop of peaches due to several factors: advancing 
endemic diseases, lack of chilling for some varieties, and frost kill 
on other varieties.
For the past couple of years, I have had a shortage of labor; this 
year, I have none.  So, I have reduced my annual plantings to what I 
think I have a chance of picking.  Among other things, that means I 
will have no great quantity of canning tomatoes.  The relatively few 
tomatoes that I have look like they may start soon.
We have been unusually hot and unusually dry.  I spend a couple of 
hours each day dealing with water distribution.
We have had a constant supply of zucchini and Tatume squash for the 
past several weeks.  It looks like that will continue for a while.
I will later have limited quantities of peppers, okra, peas.
Since Ray Menke quit doing the Sunset Valley market last year, I have 
been doing most of them.  I was aware that Ray had been apologetic 
about my non-organicness even though I counseled otherwise.  Since I 
have been doing the market, I have assumed a more honest approach.  On 
my banner, I now have "Rationally NOT Organic".  This brings forth many 
questions that I am struggling to answer in a manner other than "I think 
all that prefer organic are ill informed".  And the beat goes on.

2/13/2008
I see I haven't posted here since September of 2007!  So it goes.
Over the winter, I've been just growing what I think I can pick.  And, 
that is not much.  Same is planned for spring; I've planted two rows of 
potatoes rather than my normal twenty.  I've been planting spinach one 
or two rows at a time rather than one or two acres.
We are getting near to picking asparagus, I think.  I got it shredded 
and herbicided.  I'm pretty sure I can't find time to keep it picked; 
it needs to be picked every day and I have more than two acres.  At the 
peak, picking will probably take at least a day.  Every day.
I mowed all the blackberries late last summer; that was really too 
late.  There is not much re-growth, so we will have a relatively short 
crop.  That's ok by me since we only harvested about 1/4 of the crop 
last year.
Peaches look pretty good.  A little warm spell will put most of them 
into full bloom.  I need to find time to get out there and prune them 
so that I can spray herbicide under them.