Tag: harvest season

Grateful

Robert and I are grateful that our health allows us to be physically able to continue growing seasonal gourmet vegetables for our local community on our small, family farm. Everyone deserves fresh, nutritious veggies!

We are grateful that the 2023 Harvest Season was a bountiful one. We were most fortunate this season!

We are grateful for the ability to laugh and be joyful in almost any situation. The weather changes daily and garden pests are just a part of life–don’t worry, be happy!

We are grateful for the thousands of people working in a multitude of ways to protect and preserve our country, its Constitution, and our Bill of Rights. We each have a small part to play.

We are grateful for the many small business owners who are still holding on to their dreams of independence. And grateful for the consumers who support these businesses.

We are grateful that you are a part of our CSA Family.  We know you are dedicated to supporting local farmers, to healthy eating, to the local economy, and to keeping green spaces in Buncombe County.

So many things to be grateful for . . .

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Wrapping Up

I won’t show you a photo of the season’s end gardens. They look pretty much the same as the last time I posted. It takes an extraordinary amount of time to break down the entire project and this is Robert’s second job, after all. He calls it his “hobby” and say he is going to “play” in the garden! LOL Looking at the labor in this manner seems to make the work a bit easier. Meanwhile, I am still looking for the bottom of my desk. My “To Do List” seems to grow during growing season every bit as much as the vegetables. I put off and reschedule where I can, but the time of reckoning has arrived.

Until a big, hard frost . . . October Flowers!

We feel we were able to provide very good veggies during the 2023 Harvest Season! Our last veggie boxes had carrots, cabbage, green beans, peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, and spaghetti squash! Those CSA Members who have been with us for 18 to 20 (or more!) years know that all years are not as bountiful as the one we just experienced. And you know that individual crop failures are not permanent. For example, there were no onions or beets in 2023 as these crops were located in what turned out to be a wet area after that three-inch rain we got one day in mid-May. We have stewardship over our land and a relationship with our garden–not dominion over it; thus, we go with the flow!

Gardening teaches us to not focus on the negative for doing this will cause us to not see the good things happening all around. All of life is full of ups and downs. One’s resolution must be to find beauty in all events including chaos. Each day and each season is an opportunity for a fresh start–full of hope! And hope is a good thing. We are so grateful and blessed to have you as recipients of our bounty!

We are receiving inquires for the 2024 Harvest Season. You know the first shares are always offered to our previous year’s CSA Members. I shall be in touch in due time. In the mean time, enjoy the fall. And I pray for just one big snow which begins on a Friday! That is all I need to experience winter.