Good morning from Opal’s Farm to you all! It rained last night and a couple of more waves of rain are supposed to come later today. Rain is the best irrigation there is. God sure knew what He was doing and it gives me a day off too!
The puppies (okay, they’re full-grown dogs , but they’ll always be puppies to me) are all curled up around my desk as I sit here writing and enjoying my coffee. Occasionally they sit up and put their paws on the desk (and the computer keyboard) or nudge my hand to get an extra dose of loving and chest rubs so if you see a long line of “zzzzzzs” you’ll know why.
I’ve been especially blessed to have some great groups of volunteers at the farm las week. Pepsico, Enterprise, JP Morgan Chase, and Oncor all came out and got an incredible amount of work done. The farm has never looked so good nor got so much composting and planting done! The first blooms are on the tomato plants so get ready for some gastronomical greatness in the next few weeks.
I apologize for the lack of social media posts over the last couple of weeks. It’s been an incredibly busy time at the farm now the Spring’s really here (in North Texas you never know…). Unfortunately, we were unable to open the farm stand this Saturday because of staffing issues. I’m still looking for someone to work the Saturday market stands (both Cowtown Farmers Market in the morning and the farm stand in the afternoon on the days I have to teach at the “Taste the C.U.R.E” program – at least through the end of July. If you or someone you know would like to apply for the part-time work, please contact me via email at opalsfarm@unityunlimited.org.
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