Driest, Hottest June

Part of our biweekly maintenance plan for many of the long-season crops, like the onions and scallions above, is push mowing the aisles between beds. We intentionally allow weeds to germinate and grow to protect the soil from erosion. A goal of ours for this season had been to sow cover crop species there but we ran out of time. Either way, there's good plant coverage.

Enveloped in the hottest and driest stretch of weather in recent memory, perhaps the most challenging week in 16 seasons of farming here, we march on, doing what we can to maintain order and keep crops alive and happy. Knowing that there's nothing we can do to nudge this heatwave away, we simply battle the elements and drink lots of water. It's an endurance test of the purest kind, no need to create it artificially, unproductively. I don't need to sit in a sauna, followed by an ice bath, practice my breath-holds. I just need to get the job done, finish this task, give water where I can, and not pass out. Mind over matter, deliberate actions, focus on the moment, remain calm and steady. This too shall pass.

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