First freeze is in the forecast

We moved from the heat of the summer, to the cool of October, to the cold of November.
We always love the cooler temperatures, as do the peppers and okra, but it's always sad to see the growing season come to an end. Now the task is figuring out which plants to overwinter and which to leave to the freezing temperatures. We'll pick everything that's out there, including the kiwis which is always exciting because we pick those once a year. We picked close to 400 last year and this year should be another bountiful harvest too.

Deer Festival

We had a blast at the Deer festival on Saturday. We had our best day ever and there had to be 2000 people in attendance. We were so busy at times we barely had time to check out the other 150 booths. It was a long day, wake up time was 4AM to start setting up at 530AM. We ended up getting home around 630PM. 
Special thanks to Mandy Tanner of the Chamber of Commerce who must have been everywhere that day because everything was organized perfectly and went very smoothly.
While this was our last out of town event for the year, we are still open for business and are actively filling Holiday orders from regular customers, friends and coworkers. We have added new items to the products we sell too.
Just click on the tab on the right side of the blog and email me what you'd like.
EAT LOCAL!

Preparing for the Deer Festival in Monticello

We are in full steam ahead mode preparing for the Deer Festival in Monticello this Saturday. It's on the historic square from 8AM -5PM. We'll be there fully stocked with jams, jellies and pepper sauces. If you are in the area we'd love to see you again.

What to do with 60 habaneros?

No really what can we do with 60 habaneros?
We'll obviously take some to the Deer Festival but we're open for suggestions. Tell your friends, tell your neighbors, we want to move these fast!!

Beneficial rain but not for the market

Finally some beneficial rain for us but unfortunately we were rained out of the Monticello market🙁. We were looking forward to seeing our market friends and trying out some new products. Not a problem though, as we will begin focusing our energies on the upcoming Deer festival in Monticello on November 2nd. 🦌
Today we'll use the extra time to process more jams, jellies and sauces.
Check out the link to our deer festival page.

Tomatoes?

It's definitely been a different kind of garden year with the heat and lack of rainfall. In fact, we are still picking cherry tomatoes and also have several tennis ball size tomatoes ready to pick this week. We've never picked this many tomatoes this late in the growing season. They're not the big ones we're used to in the summer but we still love picking them and they taste great!!
Hope to see you at the market Saturday.

 

Just Announced Fall Market on the Square

Just announced, Fall Market on the square in Monticello, Saturday, October 19th from 8:00-12:00, and of course, we are excited to take part in the Fall Market.
Since our last market in September, we have been busy creating new items including pepper sauce, pickled okra and what we call Christmas Jam. This mixture of strawberries and cranberries is perfect for stocking stuffers or Christmas gifts to the neighbors and friends. 🎄🎅
Hope to see you there!!!