End of the season

Since our beets won't be fully mature before the end of the market season, we are harvesting them as greens. Beet greens are wonderful mixed with lettuce in salads. They are also nice when lightly sauteed in olive oil with salt and garlic. This picture show a new variety we are growing this year called blood red. You can tell from the color of the leaves where it gets its name. The green is some arugula that is also growing in the bed.

This Saturday is the last market of the year at the Richmond Farmers' Market. It has been a great first year and we're already planning to make next year's market bigger and better! If you are a vendor who would like to participate in the market or know someone who has an acoustic style band who like to perform at the market, please send us an email. In the meantime, we hope to see you Saturday for the last market of the year. If you can't make it to the market and need some chili powder as a stocking stuffer, send us an email and we will try to accomodate you. We only have a very limited supply since it takes a lot of chilis to make one jar of powder.

Frost

Zinnias after a frost

We had an early frost at One Love Farm. That shouldn't surprise us, being in Hope Valley, we usually get an early frost in October. As always, the frost was not predicted by the weather forecasters. The frost took out all the basil, tomatoes and flowers. Heartier annuals like peppers, lettuce, arugula, radishes and beets were fine. In fact, beets, radishes and arugula like cool nights which intensify the flavor of the vegetables.




We leave gourds outside during winter attached to their vines. This allows then to dry out and aquire their attractive wood looking finish. We'll pick them in the late winter and prepare them as planters and bird houses

Beets and Arugula love the cold weather. We have been harvesting our second planting or arugula for several weeks. Hopefully, we will get some beets before winter. If not, we will harvest the beet greens for salads. This is a variety called Blood Red.