Hi,

Want to win a $10 Magicland Farms Gift Certificate? All you need do is pick the date when we will first be selling our sweet corn. To enter this contest you must go to my Tom Fox blog--blog.magiclandfarms.com. You must enter before June 28th.

This week our sugar snap peas and snow peas will be nearing their peak. We also will be picking Bibb and Freckles (an heirloom) lettuce, kohlrabi, radishes and garlic scapes. The first of the season new red potatoes should start late in the week. If you are looking to freeze our sugar snap peas and snow peas this is the week since we will be selling top quality peas for $14 a half bushel for snap peas and $10 for a half bushel of snow peas. Bushel prices are $25 for snap peas and $18 for snow peas. You eat the pods and all of both sugar snap and snow peas. A free informative paper is available on how to freeze snow and sugar peas.

In addition to fresh produce we have potted flowers, both perennial and annuals including:

a large supply of potted Ostrich ferns

hardy pecan trees (were grown from a source of pecans from Wisconsin)

Morning Glories

Ostrich Ferns - perfect for shady areas

Nasturtiums

Angel's Trumpet

Balsam Impatiens

Hollyhocks

Purple Coneflowers (Echinacea)

Nigella (Love in a Mist)

Celosia

Peony Poppies

Blue Ripple Sweet Peas

Livingstone Daisy

Ageratum

Kolkwitzia shrub

Disco Belle Hibiscus shrub

American Bittersweet vine

Vegetable and Herb plants including:

Tomatoes

Tomatillos

Cucumbers

Zucchini & Yellow Summer Squash

Muskmelon

Peas

Basil

Chives

Sage

Parsley

What Type Of Summer? A couple of weeks ago the forecast for the summer in the Great Lakes area from the Japanese Meteorological Agency was for a cooler than normal summer and this made some headlines. The US CPC (Climate Prediction Center) called for a near normal summer and originally for a near normal June, which they changed on May 31 to a hot June. My forecast for the summer has been temps slightly elevated compared to normal.   Well, we are into the season when things get pretty constant which means we will likely have another hot summer--this will be the third in a row. In other words I am revising my forecast. How hot? It's just a guess. I believe this is the first time since weather records have been kept that a hot summer, a warm fall, an abnormally mild winter, an early spring and a hot summer have all appeared in sequence. Mister cold monster, Joe Bastardi, will likely get some forecast correct if anything else by mere chance.

Yard Sale Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Magicland Farms. Time: 9AM-5PM. Included in this large yard sale is: Stihl rototiller and other garden tools, lots of books, magazines, kitchen equipment, china, large and small furniture, lamps, jewelry, antique Singer sewing machine, board games, puzzles, toys, craft kits, VHS tapes, DVD's, collections of old radio audio cassette tapes such as Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, Amos and Andy, Lone Ranger, Fibber McGee, Sherlock Holmes and much, much more and many practical and decorative vintage items.  Also, there will be another yard sale directly across the street.

Nashle,

Tom