Drought Update

Field Reporter O'Beary

The nation wide drought has dominated the local news.  Our local weekly, the Heartland Trader gave it front page coverage on its impact in Fulton Co. Ohio. 







Bob Krumm, author of this most recent article entitled Latta, Daniels get sense of impending disaster  reports on the worst drought in 56 years.  The director of Ohio Department of Agriculture David Daniels, puts the impact at 90% of Ohio's farmland, and even cracks in dry ground measuring three feet in depth.  This will hurt not just the family farms, but it also means higher prices at the market for everyone.

Blu Bears Garden, suffered as well.  Our hopes for an excess of good crops for the local food banks is perhaps the most tragic result of this unusually dry planting season.  Fortunately the squash and pumpkin crops suffered the least.  And, because we grow mainly food pumpkins, we expect pumpkin pies to be on every ones turkey day table.   We hope the pumpkin patch will fetch enough sales for Halloween to cover the costs of this years garden, and the seed, and equipment needed for next year.  Thank goodness stuffed bears work for hugs!  Field Reporter  O'Beary