Thoughts from the T-Shirt Lady

Yesterday was the 8th of April, and it SNOWED!

We live in the southeastern corner of Virginia, almost to the North Carolina border. So by now, it’s supposed to be getting warm and we should be seeing crops starting to grow.

My DH - the farmer - has planted potatoes, peas, carrots, and sweet corn already, with the hopes that we will have a good crop this year and be able to sell some of our produce. The sweet corn was an early planting - he always tries to get one of those in each year. Since the major portion of our vegetables is sweet corn, he will be planting that every so often through out the coming months.

Well, when it snowed yesterday - actually we saw lots of small and large snowflakes, all day - but since the air temp was about 40 - none of it stuck. However, it went down to the 20’s last nite, and that doesn’t bode well for the crops already coming up.

DH went out yesterday afternoon, and covered the potato plants with dirt in the hopes that they will not be hit very hard with the cold temps from last nite.

The early corn might be a loss. The carrots are coming up, but most of the veg is underground, and we don’t think the ground froze as the temps have been more in the 50s-70s range for the last couple of weeks.

He also needs to look at our blueberry bushes and see how the cold affected them.

I’m glad we don’t depend on our farming to support us. I feel for all the farmers who do - the weather plays a big part.

I asked my DH if he had checked any of the crops yet - he hasn’t. Will update with more info after he has seen what damage there is.

Once our crops start coming in, and we are ready to sell - we will put an ad in the paper. If you all are in the area, don’t forget to stop in!

Sandi