Some of the farmers got away for a quick hiking trip!
Well we had our inspection last week and as we were getting all the things done I was thinking to myself…..what is the hardest part of what we do? Is it the long hours of harvesting when the weather isn’t cooperating and it’s raining a ton, but the we have to get things ready for CSA anyway? Is it the homeschool lesson that takes extra time because someone isn’t “getting it” and it makes the chores start later and bedtime becomes late? Is it the loads of pests that want to eat our crops, and we don’t want to poison ourselves or our soil to kill them so we either hand squish them or spend hours covering the crop with row cover and stapling it to the ground? Is it the time spent studying when a pest or disease does take an entire crop and we don’t want to make the same mistake twice? Is it the planning of what to plant where and when? NOPE, it’s the record keeping about everything that gets planted when where and how and what gets applied to the soil to nourish it in between and after crops, then how much we harvested. Yes the actually farming is a joy and the records are not so much!
However the inspector so carefully goes over everything with us and he really made us feel like we are all on this team that is trying to do better each year. To be better farmers and better record keepers! Thank you for being on this journey with us. Thanks for allowing us to feed you and your loved ones.
We have been loving the summer veggies and look forward to more of the fall ones soon. We have told most of you about the amazing roasted okra and garlic recipe, but we tried a new one from our favorite Aunt Beverly. It’s called Kadai Bhindi and is very easy and delicious. We served it with rice and our favorite sesame ham recipe. We have been so busy harvesting and planting for winter we can’t wait to share all this food with you!
Dates to remember:
October meat pick up dates are Saturday the 2nd and Thursday the 6th.
October 14th and 16th are the last pick up of the summer season. the following week we are open for milk and egg pick up only. Winter CSA will resume October 28th and 30th.
We will begin the sign up process for our Winter CSA at the end of the week, so stayed tuned!
Our turkey order form is open online, don’t miss out on a fresh turkey! The best you will ever eat!
Have a blessed week!