It was just a combination of factors temperature, weather, humidity. In addition, this spring the rain didn't knock the blossoms off after they set, which McIntosh said usually happens. An extra cold winter was also responsible for good fruit set on apples and peaches. A lot of fruit needs good cold weather. Even though it was snowing in Hoopa in April, Shauana Hill and her husband Spencer of Zion Farm Hoopa say this season is no different from any other.
Tomatoes are on time, as usual.
During the snowy spring, Hill did have to take precautions against the weather. Most of the stuff like peppers and tomatoes were still in the greenhouse, and we had to put little kerosene lamps inside to keep things heated. April 20 was Earth Day when Neal Sweetcorn of Avalon Farm in Orleans planted his summer crop of tomatoes. It's been a great year and it was never too cold. Today we're already picking 1,500 pounds of tomatoes a week.