Is it too much to ask for a little sun to go with this welcomed dry weather?  Perhaps I should just be satisfied with seasonal temps and parking our canoes at this point.  Apple harvest is drawing to a close here at Three Springs and we're looking forward to finally getting out from under that sizeable load.  If I can get into town tomorrow, I'll be sure to grab some batteries and take some pictures because it's too pretty this fall to have no pictures in this week's Three Springs market update.

 Schedule - just 4 weeks remain!

• Saturday - Harbor East Farmers Market 8am-12noon
  
• Sunday - Headhouse Farmers Market 10am-2pm
  
• Sunday - Greenbelt Farmers Market 10am-2pm
  
• Tuesday - Kenilworth Farmers Market 3:30-6:30pm now extended through Nov
  
• Wednesday - Wakefield Park Farmers Market 2pm-6pm
  

Market Produce

• Honeycrisp - the situation is more dire than my early prognosis.  Barely 2 weeks of Honeycrisp left.
  
• Gala - sweet and crunchy as always
  
• Jonagold - holdin' on strong
  
• Fuji - great apples if you want to take advantage of the crate deal
  
• Staymen/Winesap - likewise these yummy tart apples
  
• Nittany - apologies for loosing these in the shuffle - they're back again this week
  
• Mutsu - Big, sweet, tangy
  
• Golden Delicious - STILL NOT MUSHY!
  
• Red Delicious - sweet. red. apples
  
• Empire - two weeks left to get your Empires!
  
• Rome Beauty - pie makers delight
  
• Cameo - the more I snack, the more quickly I put them up there with Jonagold
  
• Bartlett Pears - supplies getting a little shorter now
  
• Bosc Pears - sweeter yet, closest in texture to asian pears

• Onions - Only 'Candy' yellow remain
  
• Potatoes - 'Eva' is the white and 'Villetta Rose' is the red.  Very versatile for baked, fried, and mashed!
  
• Winter Squash - finally getting picked!!!!  Butternuts and Queensland Blue Pie Pumpkins are finally here!
  

"Leaves That Are Green Turn To Brown"


Regular blog readers going back to previous years will remember that I tend to listen to a lot more Simon and Garfunkle in the autumn weeks leading up to winter.  A lot of those tunes have a really autumn feel to them.

Well, it's been a long, hard couple of weeks now as I recounted to Lem, our "cider man" today.  He's finally into "exhale" mode and I see I've got about 5-10 days left before I'm able to exhale and step back from the madness a little bit.  I've started getting a little bit zany at market lately so by all means laugh at me because I know I'm laughing at myself already. 

Thanks to all of our customers who shop with us at Wakefield.  I know it stinks, your market it is the first on our roster to close for the season.  However, I know a lot of you folks stocked up on the crate deal and are all set 'till May.  Hopefully it will sneak up on you all like I know it does each spring for me. 

I'm still coming up with a costume for Harbor East this Saturday (yes, this means I'll be there!)... I'm open for suggestions, although, I'm really comin' down to the wire at this point.  I wanted to be Capt. Crunch but I don't think they make sea captain costumes in that shade of blue.

Without wandering too far off topic, this cider batch we've got going tomorrow is  one part Staymen, two parts mixed so I think this might be the best one yet.  We'll see, but I'm definately anxious to try it.  'Till next time, folks!

From Our Farm, to Your Home,

Farmer Ben














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