Macmillan Caldwell, 5 months (with mother, Claire), bit into an orange glo heirloom melon that ripened three weeks early at the Many Hands Organic Farm in Barre.
(Kayana Szymczak for The Boston Globe)
Hot weather has Mass. farms booming
A welcome rebound from cold, wet 2009
Macmillan Caldwell, 5 months (with mother, Claire), bit into an orange glo heirloom melon that ripened three weeks early at the Many Hands Organic Farm in Barre.
(Kayana Szymczak for The Boston Globe)
At the Plainville Farm in Hadley, the pumpkins are bulging, nearly ripe about a month ahead of normal. The Red Fire Farm in Granby has had a bumper crop of melons, most ready for picking at least two weeks before usual. In Brookline, the Allandale Farm has had trouble keeping up with a growth spurt of tomatoes. (Full article: 945 words)
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