Happy September, may it be a month of smooth transitions with back to school, more sweaters and crisp mornings. Lots of moisture these days but looking forward to those beautiful, colourful days of fall.
The gardens are a great example of endings and beginnings. The zucchini plants are "melting" between the moisture and squash bugs. The cucumber plants are looking a little wilted and slowing down and first crop of cabbage all done.
The beginnings are the delicious crisp radish, the crunchy greens and the winter squash starting to get big and closer to maturity. I've seeded more cilantro and dill. More cabbage is now in the ground for our fall sauerkraut and the Nappa cabbage seedlings sizing up.
Other garden pieces are no sweet peppers for this week to let the fruit have more time on the plants. So many hot peppers this year but challenges for the sweet peppers. Each year just like each season is always different.
There's large leaf arugula available this week as well as stevia (in the herb section).
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).
Half price for every type except pickling (Last 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.
This week: White Lady peaches, Orange Coral Star peaches (freestone and super sweet) as well as Black Amber plums (similar to the taste of yellow plums) and we'll make mixed plum containers this week!
- as well a new orange flesh Nectarine.
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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. 5th 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: "Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads."
— Henry David Thoreau
Wishing you calm days, with hope and love in your heart.
All the best,
Kim & Tom
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