10/05/2026
My favorite veg farmer, Andrew Jones and I decided earlier in the season that there should be a reality show for farmers with challenges like: how many Japanese beetles can you squish between your fingers in five minutes and how fast can you pound 50 posts into the ground. I’ve thought (and laughed) about that conversation a lot while working and have come up with a few more flower farm specific ones: how fast can you untangle stems and remove netting once a crop is done, how many stems of gomphrena can you harvest and strip in ten minutes, and how many cosmos can you harvest at the correct stage before they open too much. Farmer friends: any more ideas?