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Down on the farm, we’re into the final stretch. Only three weeks left before we all go back to our winter habits, including our more frequent visits to our local grocer. The days are cool, the nights cooler — which augurs well for all those fall vegetables just waiting for a cold snap to lock…
This week is off to a great start with a cool sun and a nice drying wind. The wind is the farmer’s best ally at this time of year. It has a cleansing effect, scattering dead leaves to the four corners of the farm, then gathering them up into heaps where they’ll compost naturally. Indeed,…
Nature almost fooled us into thinking it was summer again these past few days, as mid-day temperatures climbed to nearly 30 degrees. We felt like kicking off our workboots…and did, in fact, do so for a bit — although there was still harvesting to be done, as the swedes (rutabagas), fennel and beets beckoned. Yes,…
We realized last week, as the mercury dipped below freezing, that an early frost has certain pluses – like ridding the fields of all the weeds we have spent countless hours combating all season. The list of annual weeds that wilt at the first hint of frost is long (and includes many a farmer’s nemeses,…
If ever confirmation that fall had arrived was needed, this weekend was it. One could be forgiven for thinking we were already in late October, when washing lettuce in cold water at dawn requires mental fortitude and a triple espresso. Even though they are forecasting warmer weather by the end of the week, the sudden…
The gods were with us: Sunday’s méchoui went off without a hitch, with gloriously sunny fall weather to boot. Many of you made it out to the farm and once again, we were astounded by the variety of side dishes that complemented the grilled lamb and pork, each and every one more delicious than the…
First things first : if you are planning to come to the farm for our September 7 Mechoui but have yet to formally advise us of your intentions and the numbers of your party, please do so quickly. We need to confirm attendance in order to plan quantities of grilled meats and a judicious balance…
Although the contents of your basket are yet again a summer cornucopia, the first signs of fall are already evident. A flock of wild geese flew overhead this weekend and cooler nights bring relief in the guise of a heavy dew that drenches everything in sight…and makes boots mandatory for our morning field inspections. We’re…
To think that at the beginning of the week, summer was in full swing at the farm and we were into the sultry dog days of August…Since then, the cool weather we had been pining for has settled in, and suddenly it feels like late summer. This year’s crop of gralic is bountiful, yielding possibly…
The garlic harvest is a nice moment in the life of the farm, something of a seasonal tipping point. The leaves had begun to dry out; it was time to harvest before the bulbs burst. And so we did – not à deux or à trois, but à cinq and à six – with two…