Week 17 a plea, a goodbye and what's that smell?

Hi Everyone,

Please all, anything you can do to bring some rain would be wonderful! It will be three weeks Monday since we had a drop of rain, so the Fall crops that we had to delay planting because it was so hot, had a little rain on the 23rd, but nothing since. This has been now officially the hottest Summer on record and many farmers in Maryland have lost up to 70% of their crops because of it. It's a business that can succeed or fail no matter what you do, so much of it is totally out of your hands.

OK enough of the sad tale of farming.

There is however another reason I'm a bit sad today though...we are saying goodbye to a couple of friends that we have grown quite accustomed to, Beta Vulgaris and Cucumis Sativis. They have been good to us this season and I hope you've enjoyed there presence, but this will be the last week for beets and cucumbers. The Fall beets never germinated, so see you in the Spring. You will be getting a cute little pumpkin that is a pie pumpkin that you can use for pie filling or use as you would any winter squash.

Vicky's been making sauce all week and I've been eating it all week. Anytime you walk anywhere near the house the aroma of this incredible sauce is wafting through the air. It's like I've been beamed over to Italy and am wandering outside Luigi's trattoria. I sneak into the kitchen to dip a buttered piece of bread into the boiling caldron and inevitably am caught by the cook yelling," Get out of there, it's not ready yet!"

In your crates Week 17:

Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Beets or Eggplant
Rosemary
Summer Squash
Pie Pumpkin
Beans
Swiss Chard

Have a great weekend and week.

Vicky and Steve