{"id":11103,"date":"2023-08-16T08:42:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T12:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/?p=11103"},"modified":"2023-08-16T08:42:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T12:42:41","slug":"wet-or-drought-which-is-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wet-or-drought-which-is-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Wet Or Drought ,Which is Better?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"x1cy8zhl x78zum5 x1q0g3np xod5an3 x1pi30zi x1swvt13 xz9dl7a\">\n<div class=\"x1iyjqo2\">\n<div class=\"x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u\">\n<div class=\"xu06os2 x1ok221b\">\n<h2 id=\":reo:\" class=\"x1heor9g x1qlqyl8 x1pd3egz x1a2a7pz x1gslohp x1yc453h\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SymeFamilyFarm?__cft__[0]=AZVUBra8w8DAm_iw7ayqknmJj_XsDbRgCHXmRuZZf9Igh85Lj7cx8Y3DKc42TLBv3DFAouv4GF93hTv6E27GDsYpbCAqqRq0VJXTLvpF-hsv7t_ZPSzhxMK4f2x6kOHGZKqsdOtbJftjoI3ZBSaL5EMWSSAb9rctmZQ05se9XoTurhBPPO260dgDcTAICZsoGzA&amp;__tn__=-UC%2CP-R\"><strong>Syme Family Farm<\/strong><\/a><\/span> says &#8220;All the rain has made this season a bit more challenging than usual. Our CSA is bigger than ever and we have a commitment to fulfill the faith that customers have put in us.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sff1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div id=\":req:\" class=\"x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13\" data-ad-comet-preview=\"message\" data-ad-preview=\"message\">\n<div class=\"x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u\">\n<div class=\"xu06os2 x1ok221b\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em><strong>A drought year is actually easier to manage, although irrigating is a large, costly and laborious task but you can always add water. You can never take water away. The excess moisture has caused more disease and crop loss this year. But on the flip side, some crops are doing the best they\u2019ve ever done in the 18 years of our growing specialty cut flowers!<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sff2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><em>For the 15 years prior to Covid we sold our blooms and plants at two large Farmers Markets a week from June-October and had a smaller CSA. This was a bit more flexible because we loaded our box truck with whatever was available from our fields. For the past 4 years we no longer sell at markets and move every single stem thru our Flower Barn and ramped up our CSA.<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sff3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em><strong>What I am trying to say is that we are so very grateful that you choose our farm and crops! We are doing our best to bring you quality!<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/sff4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em><strong>Maybe this rainy pattern will end soon. Then we\u2019ll complain it\u2019s too dry&#8221;!<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Syme-Farm_Logo_12-4-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"903\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>72 Windsorville Rd, Broad Brook, CT, 06016<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<strong>For more info please visit-<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/symefamilyfarm.com\">http:\/\/symefamilyfarm.com<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Facebook-\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SymeFamilyFarm\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SymeFamilyFarm<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Or call\u00a0(860) 623-5925 or email <a href=\"symemums@cox.net\">symemums@cox.net<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><strong>Hours<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><strong>***Farm hours change with each season***<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syme Family Farm says &#8220;All the rain has made this  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11108,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11103\/revisions\/11108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastwindsorchamber.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}