what a long time since the last post!

Wow! So much has changed since mid-August!

We are firmly in the fall season now. We're bringing pumpkins, acorns, and butternuts, and a few shiitake mushrooms to the market every week. Still have some peppers, and have just started bringing mixed salad greens too - Elizabeth's late fall salad mix is back! This is my own mix of chinese cabbage, asian greens, red mustard greens, and as soon as they are ready, swiss chard and arugula. A little spicy, but you can take the dark purple mustard greens out for a milder flavor. Mostly it's just a very good mix of flavors. Our turnips, carrots, and beets are all coming along well, and will be ready a bit later.

We are having trouble with disease in our basil (never had this problem before), so we're not bringing any to market right now. It's possible we won't be able to solve the problem before frost, when it all dies back, so, sadly, we can't count on more basil this season.

If you are intersted in bulk quantities (20lbs or more) of winter squashes, I can sell them to you at 75c/pound (a 25% price break). let me know and I'll set some aside for you at market or we can meet somewhere.

For local businesses, we would be happy to deliver pumpkins and corn shocks for decorations!

I've been a little busier lately - In September, the opportunity arose for me to begin teaching at Blue Ridge Community College in Brevard. So now my Mon, Wed, Fri are spent on Environmental Biology! I am really enjoying the chance to teach, but I am feeling the change in how much time I get to spend on the farm! Unfortunately, the teaching has also made it difficult to get to the Monday market at the Hendersonville Co-op market for the rest of the semester. We should be back there in the spring though.

Thank goodness it's fall and the farmwork is "slowing down." I have really got to catch up on some weeding and...everything else!

It's definitely getting cooler out there! Stay warm!
-Mollie