The view toward our orchard from under the walnut tree
It feels like the story of the week is quite simply color. We have hit the peak of the season’s leaf display, and everywhere we go our vision is filled with bright displays of gold, orange, and red.
Fall foliage feels like such a gift, doesn’t it? When summer ends, it can be hard to say good-bye, but then amidst all the sweetness of fall harvests (apples! carrots! cabbage! beets!), we also find ourselves immersed in a world that is on fire in a way completely different than the fire of summer heat — a world that glows all around us.
I have a good friend who says that every fall she watches for the perfect fall day, when the colors are vibrant, the temperature cool, and the sun shining down. She says she stores these perfect fall days in her heart and that it gives her peace throughout the year to know that they are always with her, regardless of what happens in the future.
As we approach the end of another season (the last CSA pick-up is on November 16!), we once again find ourselves contemplating endings and conclusions. Fall is a perfect time to take stock and appreciate what has come before in the year. Winter will bring more opportunity to plan and dream, but now it feels like our minds and hearts follow those leaves as they float down, down, down, resting in the memory of the seasons past.
It’s a quiet time. A peaceful time. Soon there will be more to say (and definitive dates for next season as well), but for now we’re content to just be present in this world aglow.
Enjoy this week’s vegetables!
Your farmers, Katie & Casey Kulla
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Meet this week’s vegetables:
- Apples — A mix of several kinds: Liberty, Newtown Pippin, and Braeburn.
- Broccoli
- Brussels sprouts
- Sweet peppers
- Hot peppers
- Cabbage
- Kale
- Carrots — This year’s fall carrots are exceptionally large, beautiful and delicious! We think you’ll be as excited about them as we are!
- Beets
- Kabocha winter squash
- Delicata winter squash
