The rains have finally come. And so did the lightning on Thursday. We sent an eager group of 6th grade volunteers home that morning and were left to finish the Thursday harvest alone. Ben and Becky came out from the office to help. Becky courageously put on some dirty, unclaimed, under-the-tent socks. And Ben swapped his striped button-down for Monica’s small tee-shirt and managed to squeeze his big feet into a size 8 rubber boots. What dedication!

Later on in the afternoon, I left to take the produce to the farmer’s market. On my way out, I drove the box truck past the cucurbit field and happened upon my fellow farmers harvesting the tail-end of the summer squash and cucumbers. As I waved goodbye, Elise sat up on her knees, waving a cucumber, laughing, and yelled, “Today’s deformed cucumber day!” Jess and Michael and Elise were all laughing, in the heavy rain, trying to finish the harvest. When the Head Grower is chuckling about deformed cucumbers, you know that times are good on the farm.