It’s on, farm friends. This Tuesday, September 19th, we’ll be firing up our roasting drum during the hosted farm hours of 3:00-6:00 pm. Every fall about this time we get the urge to dust off the pepper roaster and gather people around the mesmerizing flame and sizzle of this delicious fall ritual. Every year it’s right in the height of fall harvests, field turnovers, and winter planting, so we wonder how in the world we’ll fit it in.
But if you’ve ever experienced the magic of sweet or hot peppers licked by the flames till they melt into an extra-flavorful softness, you know it’s worth fitting in. It usually happens just once or twice a year, and since here we are just a few days from the start of officially fall, it’s time. We have so many peppers, both chilies (poblanos, anaheims, pueblos, and jalapeños) and sweet peppers…so many!
How it works:
Choose a one OR five pound batch of sweet or hot peppers ($5 / pound or $20 for 5 pounds).
Walk around the farm or watch and visit while the peppers roast (15-20 minutes).
Take home to eat or freeze.
It’s a great time to walk around and check out the farm, especially if you have never been. The fields still hold a lot of summer lush-ness but are starting to turn towards fall and winter mode. You might even catch the crew working on pulling out the melon patch to prep it for winter greens plantings, or starting to bring in the next ten beds of potatoes for winter eating. Guaranteed there will be a lot happening and the farmstore will be loaded. Feel free to take yourself on a little look around stroll whenever you come out on Tuesday.