Most farmers in the northeast are happy to bid adieu to a tough spring. Too wet, too cold, then too hot, then too wet: nothing like a few weeks to change that. Apple farmers are cautiously optimistic about the Fall, but recognize that it was a little too wet and they had one too many hail storms to make autumn a banner season. First wave of strawberries has come. Blueberries are here. Sugar snap peas in full swing, as well as all salad greens. First zucchini sightings: Radishes abundant. Tomato crop looks to be solid but is a few weeks away. It’s probably gotten too hot for a disastrous blight this season. String beans are closing in. All winter squash has been planted.

Thank goodness it’s summer.