Farm Foto: Mid November Blues

Here we are at the almost end of the season, and I can't help but feel a lot nostalgic for the heavy harvest time of September and the hot days of July. It's wintery and windy now, and the light seems colder, even when the sun is shining. We are planting garlic for next year to overwinter, and harvesting brussels spouts, turnips and cabbage. Stephanie came back to the farm to visit this week, and brought her mom along to help us seed garlic on Thursday morning. Check out their pic in the bonus section this week. Also, we said goodbye to Sarah, bringing our crew down to a mere seven people. Some of us will try to stay throughout the winter season, based on the workload available, and the rest of us, myself included, will be wrapping up at the end of November. The season has seemed both long and gone in a flash, and I feel ready for the break of the winter season, but also anxious, not knowing how I can bear to be out of the dirt and away from the fun of vegetable production for three whole months! Here are the pics of the week:

Nov 5

Katie, harvesting turnips Monday in Fischer Field.

Nov 6

Nate, in the back of the box truck after we broke our backs palleting
110 RPC's of heavy turnips for CSA shares on Tuesday.

Nov 7

Sarah and Katie lounging momentarily on the garlic seeder on Wednesday, Sarah's last day.
They're both sporting a Sarah favorite- sparkly stickers, on their cheeks, courtesy of Isaac.

Nov 8

Rachel, harvesting Napa cabbage at sunset on Thursday.
It looks like she has a tiny Austin on her back!

Bonus Foto(s):

I missed Friday this week, but have some great shots from earlier days. We finished seeding the garlic field on Thursday, worked in the dark on Wednesday, and generally looked pretty photogenic the rest of the time. Enjoy: