This Week's Notes 11/6...

    

     This year, we got some great new additions for even more local farms! Instead of me "scouting", Hollow Brook and Lambert Farms had both called me. Working with them has been simple and I hope the new farm that joins us this week will be the same way. I received a call from George at Arista Farm in Southbridge, near the airport, regarding his Dry Aged Black Angus & Wagyu Beef. Learning about his stewardship of his families land and that every cow is raised on farm and then dry aged for 28 days, I thought we should give it a try! Our Highland Beef for this year won't be back until after Christmas and Arista Farm had 2, 10 lb Prime Rib Roasts and many other cuts we are always in short supply of. Plus, locally raised Wagyu is not easy to find, so I am looking forward to giving that a try!

    This weather has been incredible an todays rain is much needed. My garlic planting is about 1/3 done and the ground is so dry I'm not anything could take root at all! As I pull back the dead weeds to make space for garlic, I've been finding remnants of summer plantings that didn't take well at the time. I've found alot more Daikon Radish than expected, which is nice since it will keep going through some pretty cold weather. Some Dill that reseeded is almost big enough to pick and I've found a few stray Carrots trying to emerge and some nice Mustard & Arugula plants. So, my Fall Lettuce Mix is back this week. Giving it a week off was the right thing to do, inside the hoophouse is so amazingly green that words can't describe and many of our winter niceties are on their way!

    My friend Mike, at Yankee Peddlar, has been bringing me pots of dead plants, mainly for the soil, but often times he leaves little gems & survivors tucked in spots for me to make sure I see them right away. This week I received about 50 pots of dahlias with 3 tubers in each which gives me so many ideas for next year I am not sure what to do! He also tucked in some Chamomile, Lavender and Lemon Verbena, so if I can revive them I'll have a jumpstart on spring. 

    This week, we have only Azuluna eggs, but I just heard from Arista Farm this morning that he has eggs too,  I just don't have the info on them yet. Our chickens have slowed to the point of unpredictable, so I will need to fill my end of driveway farmstand orders the best I can until they drop off completely. I should have a few winter layers, but right now I just can't be reliable with how many.  This is the 1st time that the Free Range Eggs listing has ever come down, which reminds me that is has been almost 6 years since I bought this business! How much has changed and how much I have learned is truly incredible. To think that some of you have been on this journey with me for the whole time ( even when I was just growing for the prior owner!) is also amazing. I hope you know I think of you all with every leaf I pick and seed I sow!

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