Yo-Yo Boy

Bodhi at 10 Months

Halloween with Grandma Linda

Naish was a professional yo-yoer (super easy costume) for his school halloween dance. He donned this atrocious-looking monster outfit for trick-or-treating on Saturday  with his friends in a nearby neighborhood.

Jack represented as Arrington and went trick-or-treating in Exeter with his friends.

My mother came for all the festivities and we had great fun on the farm and around town.

Out strolling on the farm...

when a mini-squall popped up and we ran for cover. (Nice gloves, mommy!)

October Light

Election Day

I'm thrilled to be able to again vote in a place where I will be represented in the U.S. Congress and though we live in an area where my vote may be outnumbered I'm psyched to get down to the little Stratham Town Hall and participate.
Please vote on Tuesday, November 2!
In the meantime, click the link below to jog your memory...

I Remember

Beekeeper's Brekky

Guy, originally from "across the pond" and now living in Boston, sent along this pic of his midnight brekky replete with Winnicut River Farm applesauce. Yummy, makes me hungry.

He's also been doing some research on beekeeping for the farm. He sent along a fascinating clip I highly recommend whether you're considering beekeeping or not .... click Beekeeping to learn more!

American Bittersweet

We have several old bittersweet plants tucked away in the back fields of the farm. These are deciduous flowering and fruiting vines that can take over a tree or an old parked car. I took Bodhi down to the back fields on Saturday and snipped some for the house as well as other unidentified red berry branches I'm researching. 

The Maine (mostly organic) tree nursery and seed source we like begins taking fruit and flowering tree orders in December for Spring delivery. These include blueberry, raspberry, and blackberry bushes, strawberry plants, and "woody ornamentals" like hydrangea and viburnum. I am considering growing some bittersweet on heavy trellis for fall "flower" sales. The colors are incredible and the delicate orange berry pods are perfect with pumpkins.  

Art planted next year's garlic crop which is larger than last year's and includes several "hard-neck" and "soft-neck" varieties. We look forward to tasting the differences.