Two Feet in the Dirt

September has flown by in a whirl of work and Caleb beginning school and it’s hard to believe that October is already here. After an excessively hot summer, we’re having some cooler weather at last, something I always look forward to as a sign that the season is slowing down. This weekend we may even get our first light frost of the year, with temperatures (at this point) forecast to drop into the 30s. This may mean the end of the remaining summer crops (tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, and cucumbers), although we’ll have to see how cold it ends up getting.

The fall crops are loving the change in weather. The kale has been growing beautiful big leaves and the cauliflower is just starting to form heads, as is the second round of cabbage. We always enjoy seeing what shape the heads of this later cabbage variety turn out to be as it forms rounder heads in more southern regions and flatter heads in the north. As we live right on the cusp of south and north in terms of climate, the shape of these cabbages can vary year to year depending on the weather we’ve received. 

Below is a harvest list of what we expect will be available at the markets at some point during the course of the month of October. (This does not mean that every one of these items will be available at every week.) We look forward to seeing you all at Burke and Shepherdstown!

Farmers Katie & Mike

This Month’s Harvest List:

• Lettuce salad mix
• Arugula
• Hearty winter mix
• Spinach
• Cauliflower
• Rainbow chard
• Red, green, and yellow sweet peppers
• Eggplant
• Carrots
• Potatoes
• Scallions
• Cucumbers
• Kale
• Collard greens
• Radishes
• Salad turnips
• Lettuce heads
• Kohlrabi
• Escarole
• Radicchio
• Beets
• Cabbage
• Bok choi