Heading out behind the barn to feed the chickens this morning, I caught a whiff of another autumn aroma – pawpaws!

Altogether more pleasant than the manure smells I mentioned last week, pawpaws smell of ripe bananas, pineapples and mangos – a thoroughly delightful & delicious scent!

Today was the 1st time I could smell them. That means some are ready!

I have been anxiously waiting for them to ripen, checking the pawpaw patch every few days for the past couple of weeks, hoping they would be ready before Georgetown market ended on Oct.14. Our customers have been even more anxious, asking about pawpaws every week too.

So it is very good news that we should have some – probably only a very few – pawpaws this Saturday at market!

For more info on pawpaws, check out our blog post from a few years ago …

Haha Pawpaw!

What’s in the box?

Cabbage, sweet peppers, radishes, squash, green onions, green beans, lettuce mix, spinach.

Extras – hot peppers, kohlrabi …

• We have some lovely cabbages growing in the field – green, red & the curly leafed savoy. (And some beautiful Chinese cabbage too – for next week.)
• Sweet peppers have been frustrating & disappointing this season. As they ripened and started to turn colour, they rotted – mostly due to the wet conditions earlier. That is why we have been picking them all green. There’s nothing wrong with green peppers – they just don’t have the sweet flavour of a red, yellow or orange pepper. Now that the rains have stopped, the quality of the peppers is improving, but the cooler nights have prevented them from ripening & colouring up. However this week we are back to very warm temperatures. Will we get some coloured peppers yet?
• Fall radishes have been in the box the last few weeks, but this week we will have spring radishes – in October!
• There will be another winter squash in the box this week. Squash stores well – keep them dry & at room temperature. But watch them carefully. If any soft spots appear, eat them quickly.
• Green beans, green onions, lettuce mix and spinach are also in the box this week.

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Around the farm this week …

Lots of vegetables. Lots of weeds!

There’s a new pup in the neighbourhood – a Red Heeler named Tucci. Sage is not too sure about him, but the Flynns are quite certain they don’t like him, and hope he doesn’t come around the farm much.

Sage – passenger princess!

More autumn colours on the farm …

Happy Thanksgiving!