Week 14

Today was a good day!  Our friends Bill and Cat came over and we now have the arches of a greenhouse up next to our house.

Kelly, Bill and Cat have been working on it for the past several Tuesdays, getting the site ready, digging holes, sinking posts and putting together the trusses. Not every Tuesday went smoothly and I think everyone was really happy to see things go so well today.  The greenhouse has been at the farm in pieces since Kelly took it apart in Elma and brought it to Shincke Road several years ago.  I knew it would go up eventually but I think other people were beginning to doubt us.  Perhaps it is because we have been talking about putting it up for six years!  Sometimes it just takes a while for things to fall into place.  The four of us celebrated with a nice fall meal of roasted potatoes, kale and chicken braised in mustard and white wine.  For desert we had ice cream with homemade mini ice cream cones.  I couldn't resist buying a pizzelle iron at a yard sale a couple weeks ago even though I had never made them.  I think it was the picture on the box of the pizzelle rolled into a cone shape that sealed the deal.

The summer harvest is coming to close.  Suddenly we have a ton of empty crates that used to be filled with melons and tomatoes.  The end of melon season is sad but it gives a little break from lugging around heavy crates.  Soon they will be filled with winter squash.

Hope you all are enjoying your labor day weekend.


Carrots
Kale
Arugula
Lettuce
Onion
Cherry Tomatoes
Cucumber
Poblano Peppers - Large Only
Cilantro - Large Only