{"id":2400,"date":"2021-05-22T10:06:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T14:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/?p=2400"},"modified":"2021-05-22T10:06:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T14:06:23","slug":"spring-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/spring-maybe\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring? Maybe?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It seems to be spring here in the North Carolina mountains.\u00a0 Or is it?\u00a0 See those lovely radishes below?\u00a0 That’s from last year’s crop in June.\u00a0 This year the radishes “went over” about three weeks ago.\u00a0 In April.\u00a0 Ditto the salad greens.\u00a0 This time last year, I was selling radishes and gourmet salad blends at the farmer’s market all the way to the end of June.\u00a0 Nope, not this year.\u00a0 The salad greens got bitter weeks ago.\u00a0 In April.<\/p>\n

Even the French Breakfast radishes (not shown), which are usually mild at any<\/em> size, will take the top of your head off, so they have to go as well.\u00a0 And as for the strawberries ….\u00a0 me and a raccoon or two are gonna have a MAJOR fight.\u00a0 The berries are sweet and luscious this year but we’ve only gotten a small handful because the raccoons have a nose for when they are at their peak and grab them before I can.\u00a0 Not good.\u00a0 I have sprayed the border with a ‘critter repellent’ so we’ll see.<\/p>\n