This is our final week of regular deliveries. After the
make-up deliveries next week, the 2012 season will be over. Where has it gone?
We have had many trials and tribulations our first year: hail, wind “events”, blistering (and early) heat, drought, voracious and
overwhelming bean beetles, weasels, and one highly destructive little black
cat. Even after 25+ years of gardening
we learned so much, and accomplished more than we thought was possible. Now the
temperatures are dropping, the summer crops are showing their age, the fall
crops are at their peak, and we start our preparations for the next season.
Next year we will apply the lessons we learned this season
to make some changes. Some of them we have already mentioned. Based on your
feedback we will grow more varieties. Over the winter we will add information
about nutritional content and how to handle the veggies to our webpage. We will
post more recipes.
We are now open for applications for the 2013 season. In
your baskets this week will be flyers with an application form. There are some
extra, so if you know of anyone who is interested please hand them out or
direct them to our webpage. We will have a copy there also. All applications,
new and renewing, received before November 1st will have the discounted
price.
We will keep this newsletter going, although not as
frequently, through December 1st and will show the preparations for
the next season so you will know exactly where your food comes from and how it
was grown. After the holidays we will start the new season in January.
In closing, let us both say it has been such a pleasure
doing our deliveries! Going through the baskets with you and talking about the
vegetables is a pure joy. We enjoyed hearing about the special meals you made
with produce we grew. It is humbling to realize that we made those meals and
memories possible. You know exactly who grew your food and how fresh it is. It
truly reminds us that we are not only supplying produce, we are establishing a
community. For this, we thank you.
We will
leave you with a few shots:
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Fall bok choi
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Tatsoi
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Chive blossoms
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Juliet tomato
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Sun Sugar tomato
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