Early Evening session 

Preharvesting culinary herbs ahead of possible showers in the AM

Thyme, Sage, & Summer Savory pictured.

Reckon transplanting session up next.

July evening sessions are a rotation of 5 activities: 

harvesting - only if we are front running weather, 

transplanting or seeding - past peak planting so only 1-2x a week at most, 

tying tomatoes and “crop care”, 

elec fence maintenance - weed wacking / mowing, setting up if we have new acreage planted

and tractor work

Not including daily “chores” like closing the farmstand, turning on fences, closing fieldhouses, checking on gh transplsnts, rabbit control, etc etc.

Of these 5 crop care is my favorite evening activity as we get to engage with crops mid cycle.

Few other bonus activities are added as necc - mostly pest mgmt related.

If days feature heat the 6-10 shift in the evening is often prized for pleasant working conditions.

Unmatched for best time for working in the summer.

Another round of cukes and our last planting of tomatoes which were a wee bit leggy in the ground tonight.

Looks like well timed tp session 

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Soon get to start tapering hours, reckon 2-3 more weeks of the push.

Been working longer hours than any previous summer, not by design, just sorta worked out that way.

Avg 100 hours/wk over the past month, normally just squeeze one of those weeks in each summer; yet we had some extra June heat, and unexpected crew shortages at less than ideal times, combined with great harvests & solid sales.

Good work though.

Depends on the winter.  

Ease up Dec & Jan - anywhere from 3-5 days on the farm typically 9-4 or 5 

take the entire holidays off for school break and don’t work weekends.

Usually start taking Sunday afternoons off and don’t go back to work in the evening in mid Sept.

We farm in a town with a big influx of summer folk so adds pressure to the high season.

Most of my neighbors do sat markets in the winter, so my summer huse allows me to forego that work.

Though there’s also office work in the winter.

A lot depends on how mild the weather is and what kinds of maintenance and construction projects we put on the to do list.