A farming friend of mine once told me that you could measure the success of your farm by determining if you spend more time harvesting than weeding- if so, you're on your game. I'm not sure if that has been the case for us every week here at Manorun, but this past week it surely was. The weeds have backed off in the cooler weather, and our little half-crew spent the better part of the week getting the crops in for market and members. And it was bountiful! The tomatoes are gorgeous, our heirlooms catching the eyes of savvy foodies all week: the brandywines, red roman stripes, orange hearts, "Dundurn yellows" (Chris swiped the seeds from a tomato at the Dundurn Castle last year)... and many more I've forgotten already. The greens are great, the radish is back, the carrots (gnarly lovers and wrestlers) are actually quite large, and the sweet corn is ever so sweet (candy belly aches in the field if you eat too much of it!). The list goes on...
Friday we were treated to a tour of Dave and Keira's place, friends of Chris, who have a couple hives and allowed us to help do some honey extraction, in exchange for some information, some taste testing, and even some of the goldstuff to take home.
I'm curious to see what kind of a new harvest routine, if any, we will settle into- we are always in flux, it seems, and nothing ever stays the same. I guess that's the beauty of life, on display at it's finest here in the growing of things.
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