Gratitude Season
Hello Farm Friends,
Well, we did it! Liam and I made it to the first frost of the season. After the first frost, we start to do our closing tasks for the end of the growing season. This year, our closing tasks included cleaning up the fields and mowing down old crops, pulling and storing dahlias, creating our budget for 2026, and planting our overwintered crops for next year. One new overwintered crop that I’m really excited for next year is GARLIC! Not only am I excited for growing traditional garlic, I am also excited for garlic scapes (hello garlic scape pesto!) and making hanging garlic braids with dried flowers, which has been a dream of mine for many years.
One of our goals this year was to extend our 2025 growing season into November, which we successfully did! Next year, we also want to extend our season to include more flowers and produce in April and May, so we planted a handful of cool-season flowers (hello daffodils, campanula, and our first time Homebody tulips!) so look out for that in Spring 2026.
Trial Heirloom Mum that we grew this year. This variety is Coral Cavalier.
Speaking of goals, we reached many of our milestones – big goals (grow more veggies and flowers, make more sales), and smaller goals (take more vacations and iron out our specific roles on the farm). It feels like we truly came into our own as a business this year after 4 years together. We even started an unexpected new element of our business, which was designing flowers for events and weddings. Of course, with growth comes growing pains, and this year we experienced a few setbacks, including losing some layer chickens to a fox family, a few failed crops (we were SO looking forward to watermelon), and mid-summer burnout. But after every setback, we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and keep it moving.
More trial mums and purple ageratum
Now is the time of year for reflection, making new goals for next season, and bathing ourselves in GRATITUDE. Running a small farm wouldn’t be possible without taking time out of our schedule to stop and remind ourselves of all that we have. This time of year I am particularly grateful to provide food and a rest stop for goldfinches, who love eating the dried sunflower seeds at the end of the season. During a crop walk at the end of the day, you can often see many of them flying from flower to flower collecting their dinner.
Liam and are grateful for our customers this year who have decided to spend their hard-earned money on our small business, helping us grow and thrive as a farm. Because of you, we are able to grow next year and provide you with more veggies, flowers, eggs, fiber, and more. We hope you enjoy this season of gratitude with your loved ones, family, and friends– and thank you for supporting us!
Amaryllis (Minerva) will be available at our next markets!
Join us at our last three markets before we close to the public for the season. We will have field grown veggies, holiday amaryllis, alpaca yarn, and homemade farm goods by Gaby.
