it's starting to get cold. fall is almost here. this means less tomatoes, less cucumbers and squash.
instead, we will be harvesting more greens...arugula, lettuce, kale, mustard greens,
cabbage, and broccoli. i am so immersed in the changing of the seasons,
spending almost no time indoors. it is so cool to be connected to the weather in more than
just the way i dress, but also the food i eat, and the work i do.
i play in the dirt, the mud, the plants all day.
i hear crickets chirping while i work, crows and hawks fighting above me.
grasshoppers land on my nose, gnats fly into my eyes.
i tickle a chicken under her chin, and she sticks out her tongue at me.
i can name at least 20 different varieties of tomato.
i ride in the back of pickup trucks and drive tractors
what i really love is that i get to sell the vegetables i pick all day to the city folk at the markets.
i look people in the eye, knowing that i am feeding them.
they realize how important it is to know where their food is coming from.
some people are not ready to pay 2.50 for one tomato, no matter how big and tasty it is.

me, i don't know how i am going to eat tomatoes from the grocery store. i don't think i can.
i will have to wait until they are in season again.




and now, my favorite vegetable is eggplant. it's so good!!!



peaches in the summertime, apples in the fall.

goodbye summer squash, hello winter squash!


life is good out on the farm, and everyone is welcome to come and visit me here.
peace