Forty degrees above one day. Zero the next. Nothing like Minnesota winter weather to give folks something to talk about.
But while the weather outside is taking you for a roller coaster ride, the weather inside here at Bushel Boy has to stay as steady as we can possibly keep it – winter or summer. Because that’s what our Bushel Boy tomatoes like – a nice, steady 70 degrees. All year long.
Sunshine does most of the job – winter and summer. Even on cloudy February days things will warm up around here pretty good. On sunny days, we may even have to open a window or two to keep temperatures nice and steady.
On sunny days in the summer, we open a lot of windows – and pull some computer controlled shades – to keep the temperature as close to 70 as possible – and keep the tomatoes and tomato vines happy.
Nice and steady. 70 degrees. That’s what we’re after all year long. Especially this time of year, with the new vine-ons and beefsteaks and Baby Boys starting to grow.
(By the way – looks like those first Baby Boys of the year are growing nice and steady – and should be on track to start showing up in the store around February 22nd .)
That’s the weather report. It might be forty above where you are. It might be zero. But here at Bushel Boy Farms, we’re expecting a nice, steady 70.
