It may be wet but summer is officially here!

The extremely wet weather hasn't damped the spirits of the Apprentices and garden volunteers happily laboring away at Ambler Farm. The farm stand has been chock full of a variety of salad greens, spinach, and chard, plus the most beautiful beets thanks to the labors of Ben and the corp of people helping harvest early Tuesday and Saturday mornings.

The educational garden has been planted by the Apprentices, and sometimes their parents join in the fun. Very soon it will yeild all sorts of fresh veggies to be sold at the farm stand and also used for cooking and food prep by both the Apprentices and the summer program attendees.

Finally, a garden we don't usually mention but has been lovingly cared for over the years by a small band of devotees. It's the "victorian" flower garden behind the Raymond-Ambler house and this year it looks incredible! Maybe it's all the rain but I think it has something to do with the hours of work put in by Marie Donahue, Nancy Husta, and Mary Kimmerlin. If you visit the farm take a walk down to the garden hand have a look or just sit on the garden bench and relax.

But you don't need to be a gardening fan to enjoy the farm. Quite frequently artists come with their easels (on the rare sunny days!) to paint. Leslie Concannon, whose mother lives locally, has been at the farm creating a series of small oil on wood painting of the Raymond-Ambler house. She has generously given a number of these beautiful little gems to the farm and several will be part of the silent auction at the Summertime BBQ on Saturday. We also plan to create a series of notecards featuring the paintings. Thank you Leslie!

And the devoted building committee is continuing to push through the work on the Raymond-Ambler house...more to come later!

Hope to see everyone at the farm now that summer is officially here!