In the summer we start work on the farm at 6AM. In September we push the start time back to 7AM. Last week it has been a little dark still at the start of work. But this week, with the change in the time, we have plenty of daylight at 7:00. On frosty mornings we work in the greenhouses until the frost has warmed off the plants outside. Then, it is back to picking more of the season's bounty. There is still so much more to harvest in the fields to put into storage in your home and in our storage on the farm. Cabbage, brussels sprouts, broccoli, romanesco, potatoes, celeriac, beets, carrots, radishes, turnips, chard, collards and kale are just a few of the crops that are still left to harvest. Every year some crops grow better than others depending on many variables. Celeriac and sprouts have been few in past years. Every year survey results show that members want more of both. This year, they did well and we should be having a goodly amount right into December.

When people ask me if the farm is finished for the season, my response is often that we are nowhere near finished. Even though we suffered through one of the area's worst droughts ever, there is so much more of the season's bounty to come. Flavors are now concentrating after the frost and there are weeks of fine harvests to come.

Enjoy,

Farmer Dave