Careful what you wish for...

SAVE THE DATE:  Saturday October 4th FARM SHINDIG starting at 4pm potluck, cider pressing and outdoor movie (weather permitting).  Rain or shine event.  Bring a tent if you want to crash or reserve the RV or cabin :) 

This is dear Judith.  She is a hardworking farm share member and has been with us for 3 seasons.  She always comes prepared and with something exciting to share for lunch.  We love her stories and grand adventures.
Here she is with box 8 celebrity "celeriac"

So, it turns out that all of our prayers, rain dances and wishes for rain from 2013 and 2012 have culminated to the incredible downfall of 2014. It is hard to complain about something you have given so much effort into desiring for so long but alas, there is too much of a good thing sometimes. The ducks sure are happy though :)  The potatoes have suffered a bit  but there is plenty still growing and doing well.  The chickens will be processed in about 6 weeks so start cleaning out those freezers!

We have found ourselves well into the days of comfort foods.  In face, I even had chill for lunch, LUNCH!  It must be fall.  Celeriac soup (CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO ENLARGE THE RECIPE) is a favorite around here.  You can really make a soup of this sort out of any root veggie and add more varieties if you like.  Another good one is potato leek, or carrot pumpkin. 

We are SO excited about the solar project that has sprung up on our farm.  It will provide all the electricity needs for our farm and our home.  We believe in going green and now we have taken another giant leap forward in the right direction.  YOU can feel even better about the produce you eat from our farm because there will be less fossil fuels spent in their production!

worth the wait

Box 7:  cantaloupe, fennel, dill, cilantro, basil, zucchini, sungold cherry tomatoes, variety of heirloom tomatoes, variety of sweet and hot peppers, red and white onions, garlic

     The leaves around us are starting to turn...at first I thought "those trees look stressed" but now I am out of denial and am well ready for the coming fall.  It is only 18 days away really.  So we have been getting rain and then more rain and them more...well, you get the picture.  There actually is such a thing as too much because if the roots of our plants are sitting in water it impedes air passage and root rot.  We are trying not to fret too much about it but we take our turns in the worrying department.

Happy Farmers

So for the most part we look like this (see above) but obviously life on the farm is not always sunshine and I think that sometimes society paints this picture of living the farm life as hippyville and ease.  Yeah, I do rock the tie-dye from 1997 on box days sometimes and when you find little surprises like the pepper below, you may feel a little "blissed out" until you loose your boots in the muck, a few chickens drown in the most recent downpour and your guinea pigs escape their outdoor cage and make for the wilderness.

What a surprise when making box day lunch, this pepper was so happy it was smiling :)

Solar system is going in next week!  We just got the call today that they are breaking ground next week.  We are very excited to move in this direction because we really believe in being green in as many ways as possible and going solar has been on our list basically since birth :)

um, yeah....actually there is such a thing as too much rain.  I Nearly dislocated a hip picking tomatoes and almost lost my boots too!