Winter is creeping in...

I awoke this morning to crisp air and crunchy grass. As I walked to the chicken pen, I noticed that there was patchy frost throughout our yard. It seems as though our crops were not damaged by this surprise frost, but this growing season still has a trick or two up its sleeve. Our first fall frost in the last seven years hasn't come before Halloween. I am hoping that we don't get a hard freeze before Halloween. That would damage our celery and chinese cabbage. Unfortunately the slugs have eaten nearly every head of lettuce that we planted. They are out of control this year. All the rains and wetness of the summer has provided the slugs with perfect conditions to become specimens that would make their west coast brethren proud.

Also, we think it is necessary to shorten further the pick up time on Thursdays. We were wrapping up around 7:30 for September, and that would allow us a few minutes to get everything cleaned up before it was too dark to see. We would like to move the closing time up to 7:00 for the month of October, so that we can see to clean up and you can all see to get your veggies. If you think you will be later then 7:00, please send Amy an email or call our farm. We will put together a share for you, so you can pick it up when you can get here.

Enjoy the brisk days of fall!

Pick up time changes

As the sun is setting earlier now, we find ourselves cleaning up the Thursday evening pick up in the dark. In years past, we have tried to use lights to enable us to remain open until 8 pm. Much effort was expended to find something suitable, but very few people came that late to pick up their share. We have decided that ending the pick up time at 7:30 for the month of September would make our lives MUCH easier. If you think you may not make the 7:30 pick up time, contact us. We can make other arrangements for you.

We will be hosting pick ups on our usual time on Monday (Labor day) evening (2-6 pm). If that is your pick up day and you have other plans, you are welcome to pick up your share on Thursday from 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm. If you think you might be here between 7:30 and 8 pm, let us know and we will make a share for you.

Some of you have begun to ask how long our season will run. Usually we end by Halloween because people lose interest in coming here to get fall crops. This year we suspect we will host pick ups through October 28 (That is a Wednesday. The last Thursday in October is Trick-or Treat night. We will host pick ups the night before instead.) Then we will begin to close down our fields and get our cover crops in for the winter.

This year we will have a final pick up the week prior to Thanksgiving. I am unsure of more details at this point, but I will post more here and email everyone as soon as we know more.