Early spring on a California flower farm is something to behold. Having farms at both ends of the state, Sun Valley has two very different micro-climates happening right now, and both are going off.
Looking out my window in Arcata, the wind is blowing a big wet storm in from the south west. The hoop houses that are brimming with French Tulips and Hyacinth are shaking in the steady breeze. Clouds are moving fast across the horizon, sometimes dropping a quick deluge of rain, other times surprising everyone with a burst of sun.
Right now you hear constant reports of the California drought, and though the rain started later than usual this year, our farm nestled on the redwood of Humboldt County is on it's way to normal precipitation for the year. We added another couple inches over the weekends, and one decent sized earthquake Sunday night. 6.9 on the Richter Scale, with no damage on the farm.
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