June swoon

We always seem to forget the last couple of weeks of June tend to be fairly slow in the produce biz.  Many different areas up and down the east coast are shipping similar manifests and the chains and wholesalers are having buyer's remorse on items like squash and cucumbers.  Dry and warm weather is pushing the season into extremely early dates here in the North Country.  Lettuce is two weeks early; celery and cukes are probably a month ahead of schedule.  Growers are making use of season extending row covers and the early warm weather this spring pushed everything even more.  I would not be surprised to see sweet corn available here for the Fourth.  Meanwhile, if we don't get some serious rainfall soon, the garden will start to hurt.  The potatoes are blooming which means the spuds are starting to form and need the water.  Temps in the 90s today and tomorrow will make it even drier.  The weatherman is predicting showers on Monday and Tuesday.  I hope it's not more smoke and mirrors.  We haven't had a good rain in nearly a month.  That's good for weed control, but weed-less fields are only pretty if there is a crop in them.