Poppies

Without a doubt, John Steinbeck is my favorite novelist. I've loved his books since I was introduced to them in school and still enjoy reading them today. In an earlier post I talked about picking up a copy of Sweet Thursday during a trip to Powells Book Store in Portland, Ore. In the book, Steinbeck writes "Again it was a Sweet Thursday in the spring. The Sun took a leap toward summer and loosed the furled petals of the golden poppies."

Certainly, Steinbeck is talking about the annual poppies that grow and easily reseed in fields in California. At One Love Farm, we grow the perennial variety of poppy. This year everything is coming up early. No doubt aided by mild weather and lack of a late killing frost. Poppies usually bloom in June in Rhode Island, but are at least two weeks early this year. We've definately enjoyed the early color!