O’Neill: The full swing of spring (column)

Casey O’Neill is a farmer and owner of Happy Day Farms in Laytonville, Calif. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of The Mendocino Voice. If you’d like to write your own column for The Mendocino Voice, send your idea to info@mendovoice.com.

Full steam boomboomjamjamgotime! Cabbages and cauliflower are planted, broccoli go in today, as do leeks and the last of the shallots. Salad mix and root crop rotations fly fast and thick, each week I try to sow what I think I can sell in a week, so that the pipeline stays full of fresh and fabulous, crisp and crunchy. It feels good to get into the full swing of spring!