Sheep into Meat
In the freezer, labeled by name in addition to date and cut, so we can see how the taste varies. Adam the butcher came and helped us dispatch the lambs with care and respect. It was an educational and affecting event, and I’m really glad we did it this way instead of hauling them to […]
Undoing
With each rusty earth pin pulled up, I remember the day I put them in, shiny new. Each scrap of half-degraded twine I recover from edges of beds recalls spring’s unrolling and tying fresh orange kerosine-scented definers. Pulling out poles, dismantling bean town, rolling up row cover, composting squash vines. All the undoing. Transforming the […]
First Frost
It did indeed frost last night. Heavily. The difference in the color and visible aliveness of the tender plants is obvious even as the frost had melted off in the early morning sun on the field. This image is from the shady area behind the barn where the frost was still hanging on. Dead are […]
End of a Season
The forecast tonight calls for 31F and a freeze warning is in effect. I spent a few hours this evening collecting all of the peppers, eggplants, and tomatoes that might possibly get ripe off the vine. A few watermelons were left, and I brought them in, too. Some of them sound like nobody’s home (knocking […]
