onion harvest

On the eve of the fall equinox, one thing is for sure as we begin to close down the season: we've got onions. Lots of 'em. With more than a little help from Kate and Bridget (our intrepid farm crew) we've just brought what will be the most onions we've ever grown! It's very exciting to see all that work really pay off.

Whew! Now we can focus our attention on getting in the rest of the potatoes, fall carrots, turnips, and maybe even some beets & beans!

Holiday Farmers' Market

Much thanks to Seacoast Eat Local and the McIntosh Atlantic Culinary Institute for putting on the Holiday Farmers' Market. For a first run it was a huge success. It was great to see our regulars as well as some new faces. The music and demos by the chefs really made for a hoppin' good time. I am definitely looking forward to the December market.

first diggins!

They're finally here! Some purple-skinned new potatoes.

wake up, it's not over yet!

It's September you say? The fall migration has begun, the leaves are starting to turn, and there's frost up in the North Country. Although the nights have definitely been chilly, things are still crankin' down here: tomatoes, eggplant, green beans, and tons of flowers. The dried beans got in late. (Remember the rain? May seems like ages ago!) They are close, but not ready yet. I've been keeping a wary eye on the weather. Josh and I are at the ready in case the whole thing needs to be covered. Let's just keep our fingers crossed for a late frost. Global warming has to be good for something, right? In the meantime, we are starting to put things to bed. (Oh squashey, we hardly knew ye.) We are also starting to think about next year, and putting in some fall plantings. Before we know it, we will be watching the snow fly...

update

...better late than never. Many of our plants have put on some beautiful new growth, and we are getting into some serious harvests. Whew. Here is some delicious "fairy tale" eggplant. We are have some gorgeous tomatoes, and snap and shelling beans are beginning to go crazy!

If the weather hasn't been strange enough, we have had night temperatures dip into the 40s, with frost warnings up north. If it's not one thing, it's another. I'd be fine with a late-mid October frost, personally. I don't mind cool crisp fall days, but I having just barely sampled summer's delicious bounty, I would like to keep the heat around for a good few weeks.

look ma, it's chard!

Here's a peek at what is to come! Yay, we finally have FOOD!