But The Cold Still Remains...

This weekend we got a small storm, escorted by wind, rain, hail and biting cold. I hope all you kids are wearing long johns under your Hallowe'en costume!
The CSA is over, last week was the final week. It was a wonderful experience, and we plan to do it again next year.
We planted our garlic a couple weeks ago. And the only thing really still growing in the gardens is greens; lettuce, mustard greens, kale, swiss chard and Health Kick Salad Blend. And cabbage and carrots for storage still need to be harvested.

Garlic for planting

All the animals are doing well, and are getting a taste of the end of season pasture. The chicks are nearly large enough to be moved into the chicken coop with the other chickens.  Also, in spirit of the holiday, we slaughtered 9 of our ducks, and we have one cow hanging in the slaughter house.
Happy Hallowe'en!

Winter Squash

Red Hot Chile Peppers

It has been a busy two weeks on the farm since I last blogged. Last week the rain fell, wind blew and hail pounded down on all the crops. We were left with flaccid beans, lettuce with wind burn, and flattened spinach. I'm laughing as I write this, but it wasn't all that funny.
Most of our winter squash has been harvested, and is now curing in the greenhouse. And on the weekend we pulled most of our onions. The bean pole tipis have been dismantled, along with most of the tomato trellis.  
I have started stringing up our hot peppers in the drying room; hence "Red hot Hot Chile Peppers".
The Saturday markets are going well; come down this Saturday morning!
On Thanksgiving I did a demonstration on how to make Kale Chips and Kale Smoothies at the Maritime Fall Fair; check out http://inthekitchenwithfrancesca.blogspot.com for those recipes.

CSA week 18 (!)/Market
lettuce heads
potatoes
peppers, sweet
peppers, hot
eggplant
kale
carrots
cabbage
garlic
onions
winter squash
broccoli
cauliflower
tomatoes