Thanks to the warm temperatures and lack of rain, at the end of March we were able to begin planting in tunnels as well as outside. Here, farmers Connor, Lina, and Tara transplant the first round of crops inside one of the caterpillar tunnels.

This was probably the nicest weather and soil conditions we've ever had for transplanting the first round of peas. U-pick flowers grew here last season with white-clover-covered walking aisles in between.

A pretty large task in mid-April is planting the 2,000 pounds of potatoes that occupy about 10,000 feet of beds. Here, farmers Connor and Tara plant seed potatoes while Farmer Lina follows behind, using a rake to cover them with healthy soil.

A beautiful Sunday morning was spent preparing beds for another very large mid-spring planting project, in this case a home for 20,000 onions.

Thanks to March's mostly-well-above-average temperatures, however, crops grew quickly and were ready to go outside right on time or even ahead of schedule.

Even though overall temperatures have been extremely warm over the past four weeks, we've also endured a few incredibly cold nights compared to the many days with highs in the 80s and even 90s.

Seeding more than a linear mile of carrot rows with our antique gizmo. Due to lack of rain, sprinklers were set up before to stimulate weed seed germination, which was followed by tractor passes to terminate growth. After carrot seeding, sprinklers were reinstalled to help them germinate.

Almost three weeks without rain and days in the 90s means we're right on schedule with field prep and planting but now need to set up and run irrigation. Early transplants also had to endure a couple of nights in the mid-20s. Go figure.

Freshly mown strawberry aisles amid a backdrop of early tree leaf-out. Strawberries are beginning to flower and hopefully won't mind the forecast frost and potential freeze Tuesday morning.

The season's first eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly visiting some flowering ground ivy.