… a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted. The watermelons are gone. The tomatoes are becoming fewer and fewer. The squash and zucchini plants have succumb to disease, fungus and bugs. The cucumbers have gone with them. The green beans are producing slowly. Summer is coming to a close. But we still have chicken. And bell peppers. And there are an abundance of egg plant growing, getting ready for a large harvest. If we can keep the plants alive, and keep the bugs at bay, we will have plenty of both bell peppers and egg plant. The winter squash are growing fast, too. Spaghettti squash, acorn squash, butternut squash and delicatti squash – all growing. Our cinderella pumpkins and sugar pumpkins are growing. They will be ready by the end of October for pumpkin pie season. As one season ends, taking its familiar works with it, another begins, bringing new industries and travails. Weeds, predators, disease, extreme weather; these are just a few. We have seedlings started for ruby red cabbbage and brussel sprouts. We will also be trialing baby bok choy, swiss chard and kale. Turkeys for Thanksgiving and chicken for the rest of the year. If the turkeys are popular we might look at raising them the rest of the year. The cabbage will be ready around December. We hope to keep the greens going all winter so that we always have something available. Always moving as long as the world is turning. “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” – Jamie 9/9/20
Stonefield Farms
The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work.
