Happy September, I hope you have fared well with some of the big weather that we've been having and have enjoyed this lovely long weekend. I've been enjoying all the Monarch butterflies gathering nectar and strength for their big upcoming journey and the spectacular hummingbirds enjoying our Rose of Sharon bush.
This bush is so lovely and great food for the hummingbirds. Check out the picture.
I have an abundance of seedlings of this shrub and will have some available at pickup and some potted for sale at our market on the 26th.
The gardens continue to be abundant with some crops ending and others ripening. Zucchini is now done for the season as well as the small pickling cucumbers and kohlrabi. Starting next week we'll have slicing tomatoes and sweet peppers back on the available list
New this week are Lemon cucumbers - a heritage, round, yellow cucumber that has a hint of lemon. We have a good supply of curly parsley now and it should be available well into the colder time of the season.
New crop of dill and cilantro are up and will be available in a couple of weeks.
The Roma green beans are probably available for another week or two at best, but there's so many lovely beans in the greenhouse we should have them for another month!
This is the time of garden abundance and a great time to eat what you can, freeze, can or dry what you can.
Beans and cucumbers as well as Rainbow Chard and Kale are in abundance this week.
Kale and Chard are on sale for $3.50/200g bunch. So great to freeze some for the winter and I love the chard stalks as celery.
There's round green beans, then the tasty Roma flat green beans and a lovely round yellow pole bean ready.
Each size $1 off
Then there's cucumbers, with so many different types. The pickling cucumbers, field cucumbers, white martini cucumbers, english cucumbers and middle eastern (like a half size english).
- Field cucumbers are still on sale this week!
What a delicious time of year.
A sweet treat is that there's a fresh harvest of honey. Now available 330g jar - $10, 500g jar - 13 and 1kg jar - $25
The delicious fruit this year from Palentines orchard is coming to an end.
A few items still available in limited supply, White Lady peaches, Black Amber plums and orange fleshed Nectarines.
Hopefully apples in the next week or two!
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So much available on the order form, check it out below.
Here's a few updates on happenings at the farm and in community:
Save the date, our next Moondance Community Market is Sat. Sept. 26th.
- there's tours that Rewilding offers 10:30 and 1:30
- there's Ashley providing facepainting
- there's Bartlet Tree Services offering a guided woodland walk and talk
- there's over 30 community vendors with wonderful offerings
For details and registration (for the offerings below) please check out sidedooryogastudio.com/retreats-%26-workshops
Next one is Sat. Sept. 19th
- Farm to Table series ....... You will learn:
How to pick fresh from the farm
When is the best time to pick
Why we eat seasonally
How to create a meal with the seasonal produce
This is a season and time of change. May your heart be filled with the joy of this season, the appreciation for what is and with hope for how we reimagine our world and community.
Market Order Form for Saturday Sat. Sept. 12th pickup. *** between 10am - 1pm
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*** Pickup at the Barn...
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Reminder
We will continue offering the weekly order form option as the way to what's available.
Thank You for supporting small scale growing and community.
Quote: "In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful." — Alice Walker
Wishing you calm days, with hope and love in your heart.
All the best,
Kim & Tom
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