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| Today's beet selection. Golden and red beets. They love growing this time of year. |
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| Angie spraying and tidying the beets. |
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| Lisa cutting our late season dahlias. Cody, her trusty sidekick, is leashed to her green wagon. |
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| Cafe au Lait dahlia. Ahhhh. |
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| One of our pear varieties. This one sweetens up after being stored for up to a month. Right now it tastes watery. |
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| Corn stalk bundles await pick up time. Mom's old bike is dressed up with zinnias and amaranth. |
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| Beets ready for twist ties. Rocky organizes crates. Bryan in the background puts partially chewed beets on the back table. |
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| Today's beets are glorious! From the field behind the big red barn that hadn't grown any crops, ever! |
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| Terry and Rocky cleaning the arugula. |
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| Bryan bagging hot peppers. |
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| Beautiful salmon colored zinnias, white dahlias and an ornamental purple grass. A green centered sunflower peeks from behind. |
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| Speckled zinnias, gold and white dahlias, coral colored Cape Fuchsia and blueberry foliage looks good with the green boxwood. |
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| Tall pampas grass blooms with red and white zinnias. |
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| Cafe au Lait dahlias with a bunch of small pink asters. |
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| Papery strawflowers with their vibrant green foliage. Sharp looking. |
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| Bright pink dahlias along with maroon dahlias pair well with this chartreuse coleus. |
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| Lisa putting her finishing touches on the bouquets. |
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| Doesn't this look like a photo shoot? |
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| Today's crew that are still here. Some of our helpers aren't able to stay all day. Left to right: Terry, Angie, Bryan behind Mary (aka Grams), Ethan, Anna, Louise, Rocky (in front), Emma (in back of Rocky), Lorrie (me, standing), Lisa (seated). We have had a great summer together. |
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| Pumpkin rolls made with farm pumpkin for today's snacks for the people picking up their boxes. Oh man! |
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| Today's pumpkin bouquet to be raffled off. |
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| Boxes are all filled and are starting to get picked up. Bryan signals "It's a wrap"! |
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| Other things to snack on at pick up today. Left to right: dilly beans in the glass bowl, sweet pickles, Cowboy candy (candied jalapeños), cream cheese and fig jam. Crackers will be here soon. |
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| Sheri followed by Sara have been with us for all 6 years of our CSA. Thanks ladies for supporting your local farmers! |
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| Today's harvest box with an extra bouquet for balance and beauty. |
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| Green centered sunflowers, yellow zinnias, boxwood greenery, white statice, and an orange zinnia in the back. |
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| So much goodness. |
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| The right side of the box showing the sweet peppers, too. |
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| Today's list. |
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| These are the things that wouldn't fit into the regular wooden harvest boxes. They are 25" x 15" x 9" and they're still not big enough this time of year. |
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| Today's cantaloupe. Who knew there would still be cantaloupe at the end of September. Yum! |
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| The cornstalks are almost gone. Lisa and Terry chat about the day. |
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| After all boxes were picked up Drona flew around a bit. Here large yellow marigolds signify a change in pepper variety. The light blue plants are broccoli, cauliflower or cabbage. |
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| The late season view of the farm from Drona. |
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| The area where these row crops are was reclaimed in the spring of 2016. Anna and Scott took apart the family's old sheep barn that had fallen down (they saved all the good parts, too). They scoured through and piled up metal they discovered under huge mounds of blackberries. This area hadn't had any crops grown on it, ever. These plants seem to like it! Inside the fenced area lives a goat someone dropped off about 7-8 years ago. His name is now "Drop Off". Go figure! |
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| Ethan is pushing the button to take the photo. The sun is setting on our last regular season harvest day. Louise is waving goodbye to the season. |
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| Good bye until next time! |
