It's been over 100 days since the end of Spring. Basically, it's long over. But farms like Beak & Skiff in LaFayette are just now starting to deal with the consequences of the stormy season.
"We had a frosty spring where some of the blossoms were injured by the frost," Candy Morse, of Beak & Skiff farm said. "So our crop is lower than it normally would be."
That doesn't even account for the hail storms, which Morse said badly damaged some of the crop. With all the damage, she predicts the farm will run our of apples quicker than normal. More than that, the weather hasn't accounted for all of the hardships this season.
"We thought September was very slow because of gas prices," Morse said. "But the Wall Street crisis hasn't affected us so much because people still want to do a traditional apple picking."
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