Whether harvesting 20 bins of onions, or just some cilantro and scallions for dinner, we try to do as much as we can with the values we started the farm with: growing food for community, creating love, and a story that allows people to gather, reflect and be part of a bigger community. Since taking on larger crew, and hiring for more experienced positions this year, as we try to step away to literally do some of those bigger things, a lot of our communication has gotten a bit, well, lost. We feel bad about that. Nurturing our people has come at the expense of Mary and I being able to step away to write — and literally sometimes get our bills paid.
Thanks for putting up with us. We are writing to say, first, thank you. We are also writing to remind you that with the first frosts near, and even with 3 coolers, we have tons of food for you. Over the past few days, I’ve harvested at least one thousand pounds of melons, and now that we are getting some more sun, we’ve got a lot more coming in that will soon push our capacity. So today we are deploying the market trailer with melons, tomatoes, and all that we have time to harvest while we get some critical winter farming transplants in. The melons — sweet cantaloupe, with both green and yellow fruits, and even some watermelon, will be on our market trailer. The farmstore remains open all the time and we’d love to see you. We’ll be hosting today, from 3-6pm to answer questions (or even help you choose that melon!), but you can come anytime.
