Today, March 14th, was commemorated as National Ag Day. Local FFA groups as well as other agricultural groups such as Indiana Farm Bureau sponsored various events to showcase the role that farmers play in our lives and the lives of those around us. Many agricultural organizations have rallied together to raise an awareness of the nation’s quality farmers and the quality foods that are produced for the nation’s consumers. Farming has contributed significantly to the overall economic and cultural growth of our communities. As far as we can surmise, no one has ever gotten tired of eating!
February was one of the wettest months on record for rainfall. Our area gauged 9.25 inches of rain for the month. Despite the wet conditions we were able to complete trimming the older trees in the orchard. We are just about finished with the Pick Your Own Orchard with its new, dwarf trees as well. Cleanup will be next on our “to-do” list. There has been quite a bit of prunings and branches cut off this season and cleanup will take some additional time this year. It is a good feeling to be this far into the program. With longer and warmer days, the trees will start to come out of their dormancy and viola’, blooms and fruit set. Bloom in the orchard is really one of the most breath taking events of Springtime and we never get tired of seeing it unfold.
Unfortunately BIS was not able to pull together The Great Apple Crunch for this Thursday. There is far too much going on that we couldn’t get the participation we wanted. We have it on our calendar for next year & will be in touch. Thanks so much!