Hey there! Here's what has been going on as we finished the summer CSA and started fall cleanup. The farm looks pretty nice. Plenty of older plants in the ground, and many more blank spaces as others have been tilled in.
The left side of the hoophouse still has some perennial flowers growing, but they'll come into their own in the spring. There are still a few onions out there and some broccoli to keep them company.
The winterbor kale has ben trucking along and shows no signs of giving up!
But it can look a little goofy after picking all season.
We took down the yurt before hurricane Sandy. It was a nice shelter for some of the nastier weather this fall, but I did not want to deal with strapping it down for a hurricane. It's been in plenty of high winds, but mostly the canvas takes a long time to dry. After a few nice sunny days, it was ready to pack up for it's next adventure. Where to?
We finally took down the pea trellis! That only took,...uh, 4 months... Other things were going on ya know.
The netting is strong stuff though, so it's ready for use another year. Ah, there's a nice blank space in the field now, ready for some winter rye. Or maybe garlic?
To prepare for the hurricane we added extra wiggle wire on the parts of the hoop house which normally roll up. There is normally a little gap there, but in a high wind, it could lift up the whole side, and then possible the whole hoop house.
We also added more soil to hold down the row cover over the herbs and salad greens. This worked ok, the wind caught a few holes in the row cover, and ripped it open in places. But most of the row cover stayed in, or close to the bed...
And then the storm blew in. The sound of the wind in the trees was mixed with raucous ocean waves crashing!
The air was thick with misty rain and smelled of the sea.
The trees were waving around plenty too.
This was the worst of it down in the creek. We feel very fortunate, and hope that others who got hit by the hurricane harder can recover quickly.
And then it was Halloween. Say, I've got an idea for a jack-o-lantern!
It met mixed reviews from the trick-or-treaters...
