Gresczyk Farm News Today

BRASS CITY HARVEST Local nonprofit Brass City Harvest is hitting the road for the summer farmers market season. Brass City Harvest is hosting markets on Thursdays on the Green in Waterbury, Tuesdays at the Waterbury Senior Center at 1985 East Main St., and rotating locations on Wednesdays. Th

“Mother Nature dictates everything,” she said. They’ve had one field flood where they were to plant late-season crops. They had to change that plan moving that plating upland. “Game of chess. We have a few acres were able to keep planting on.” She’s also monitoring river levels. “Most of our cropland, almost 30 acres worth of cropland, is down on the banks of the Connecticut River.” Fran Whelan of Hayes Farms in Rocky Hill was checking in on his flooded cornfields. It was tough ...