Go greeeeeeens!

We're back into greens this week! All of our greens crops love the (usually) cooler weather of fall (the weekend's weather notwithstanding). They've been growing in the field since August and are looking like they're ready for their first harvests. Also ready for prime time this week is our beet crop, which is looking healthy and abundant this fall. We got some fabulous help with this crop (and our

carrot crop--ready soon!) from an incredible team of freshman Boston University students in August. We had over a hundred students on the farm over 3 days and they helped us with the very time-consuming work of hand weeding and thinning our many rows of carrots and beets. A great group of students from all over the country and the world, they were enthusiastic farm helpers and completed a jaw-dropping amount of work in the short time they were here. This beet's for you, BU!

This Saturday, Oct. 4th, is our annual Fall Festival! We'll have live music, pony rides, hands-on crafts for kids, a food truck with lobstah rolls, fried clams, and rotisserie roast beef (yum!), fresh squeezed lemonade, farm demonstrations, and of course our sociable barnyard livestock. Come over between 10am and 2pm for good old-fashioned family fun on the farm!

As tomato season winds down, make sure you get your sauce made for the winter! We still have ugly tomatoes available for sale at $1/lb--email me at rodwyer@ttor.org and I'll have your packed up and ready for you at pickup! In your share this week: storage onions, beets, radishes or mustard greens, chard or kale, tomatoes, and the long-awaited return of arugula and salad mix! PYO this week will be the last of the cherry tomatoes, green beans, and sage.

Enjoy!