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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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  • Subject: [Livingontheland] thoughts coming home from market
  • Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:39:49 -0600


Pretty hectic time of year for market growers. Frost is almost upon us.
Things that can survive fall chills include carrots, squash, some greens, and
greenhouse tomatoes.

Traditional wisdom has customers thinning out after school starts, and more
as cool weather hits, but our own selling is still increasing. We assure our
buyers that we'll be there a few more weeks -- so they won't think it's over
just because their own gardens are history by now. Long as we still have
carrots and squashes and tomatoes keep ripening, we need to sell them. We're
fortunate to be in on two well-run afternoon markets this year in more
upscale areas. What prices we can get next year is anybody's guess, with the
economy in a tailspin.

There's some talk about the organic chain stores sales declining due to the
economy. In our own experience people are now asking less about pesticides
and more about where we grow and do we grow all this great stuff ourselves.
We figure there will still be those paying top dollar for our produce, but
others will be worse off next year and they'll be shopping for the cheapest
food they can find.

What we want to stress then, is good cooking from the basics is actually much
cheaper than processed, prepared "food" in the supermarkets. Healthier, of
course, but cheaper? Absolutely. Even more so when staples like potatoes and
dry beans are bought in bulk. And it's amazing how many affluent customers
ask how do you cook butternut squash, or how many don't realize you can
freeze whole tomatoes and have that incredible tomato flavor at Xmas.

We have lots of bushel and corsican gourds maturing now, and (this time) I'm
leaving them to dry where they grow. Here's the best all around resource on
post-harvest gourd handling I've come across.
http://www.amishgourds.com/site/1278922/page/456714


paul tradingpost@lobo.net





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