As we get set for our second week of delivery of certified organic produce, there are a couple of things I want to bring up.

First of all, I am convinced that on the morning of July 17 (last Friday) we got frost. When I let the dog out at 6 a.m., the temperature here in Carpio was 40 degrees.

It seemed cold but I didn't think anything of it until I was clipping spinach Friday morning for CSA delivery. I noticed the tips of the leaves were wilted, as if they took frost. I thought that was odd and moved on.

Then, on Sunday night, while I was weeding squash and cucumbers, that convinced me that frost hit us in the middle of July.

Some of the leaves were wilted, others were dried and still others were in a state of deteriorating from what appeared to be frost.

It's my belief that sometime between 4 and 6 a.m. last Friday, the temperature dropped below 32 degrees. I doubt the National Weather Service would confirm that since their official overnight low in North Dakota was 38 degrees in Hettinger, but my plants know it and I took some photos as proof.

Now today, Thursday, the temperature is supposed to hit mid 90s here in the northwest.

These kinds of fluctuations don't do the plants much good. In fact, many of our crops are stunted because of continued cold, but when hot comes, it dries everything out so bad.

The good news, however, is that many of the items are blooming; cucumbers, cantaloupe, squash, tomatoes, peanuts. So we should get crops, unless of course, we get frost again. 

It's just been one of those seasons.