Good morning! Local Produce – Rain, rain, rain is what the farmers are talking about. Many items are on pause until the fields dry out. Tomatoes should be back into good volume in another week or so. Apples – We are now entering the third week of harvest out of Washington this week. The growers are now in full swing harvesting the Gala crop, and this is what they will mostly be harvesting this week. Some of the growers will also begin to harvest some limited quantities of early premier strains of the Honeycrisp this week as well. The main harvest of Honeycrisp will not begin for another week to 10 days. Asparagus – All sizes of asparagus will be extremely limited throughout August. Prices are higher on the limited supply. Broccoli – The dam broke with broccoli supplies and several northern states are harvesting good volume and pricing is way down this week. Corn – Was really tight a week ago, but our neighbors to the north are pulling plenty of beautiful product again. Melons – Local watermelons are in great supply. Though our local cantaloupes and honeydews are slowing down, the west coast is reaching peak season. Quality and sweetness is at its best of the year right now. Peppers – Michigan is getting into good volume with bell pepper now, and the markets are sliding with the increased supplies. Red, orange and yellow have become extremely tight and prices are up. Potatoes – Many farmers finished packing old crop russets in Idaho, and will begin packing new crop Russets any day. Following their last round of test digs in the fields, it appears that the 2025-26 potato crop is showing a slightly larger size profile early on, and quality is excellent. Idaho and most of the major potato-producing areas have had favorable growing conditions this summer, which will bode well for size-profile, quality, and yield, both early packing out of the field, and into storage. Squash– Is getting started again locally this week with zucchini and yellow squash both available again. Local cucumbers should be available again this coming week also. Tomatoes – All the rains last week wiped out the local tomato deal until the fields dry out. Too much rain causes the fruit to crack and split and go bad very quickly. They’ll be back up and running as soon as the weather improves. Q: What do you call a pumpkin that works at the beach? A: A life gourd.