Stone's Throw Farm

A few nights a few weeks ago got down into the upper 40’s for temperature, which really made me appreciate the warm days we’ve had since — even the hot days, if you can call 85 hot (I know it’s not really). The days are very clearly getting shorter, and instead of dreading the 5 pm sunsets that are our inevitable future, I’m trying to revel in the post-5 pm sunshine while I can.

I’m not the only one noting the seasonal change. Shorter days mean all the weeds are setting seed now, even the inch-tall pigweed that doesn’t flower until it’s a foot tall in the middle of summer. The farm has been flooded with Common Green Darner dragonflies, which apparently are migrating south. They fly into the greenhouse and can’t find their way out, so I’ve been helping some of them. Don’t worry — it doesn’t hurt them to hold them by the wings like this.