It's the end of August. Summer ends for meteorologists and those going back to school. Summer on the farm is waning but won't end here until we decide it does, or the Fall Equinox rolls around, or tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant officially wrap up, whichever is first. We are moving away from summer staples and welcoming crops more associated with fall. A nice quality of eating seasonally is the continued change in meals as new produce ripens according to the local climate. Greens, potatoes, and winter squash and soon leeks, celeriac, sweet potatoes, broccoli, and cauliflower will grace our tables.

Your CSA farmers took a break and skedaddled from the farm for a very long weekend at the North Carolina shore with extended family. It was our first legit break since perhaps February. I've been working 7 days a week since early May and needed something hopefully rejuvenating. Getting off the farm is a great way for me to spend quality time with the family. When we're at the farm I can't take a full mental and physical break during the main growing season due to the plethora of physical farm tasks to do and organize as well as maintaining membership administration. Abstaining from screen time during this outing also helped temporarily sever ties to work (I highly recommend disconnecting once in a while). But now we're back and are totally excited to finish out the season on a positive note, working our hardest to grow great organic produce for the next 11 weeks of the Main Season.