Well, tomorrow will be the final till on both the traditional and Mittlieder gardens. We will be planting by tomorrow evening hopefully. We are pushing the time limits a bit but I think we will be just fine. We will be using row covers and such as the first frost draws nearer.

We will be planting:

• Beans
• Peas
• Squash
• Okra
• Melons
• Pumpkins
• Loose Leaf lettuce
• green onions
• garlic
• shallots
• cabbage
• broccoli
• cauliflower
• kohl rabi
• spinach
• tomato cuttings
• beets

We are keeping our surviving tomato plants going by taking healthy cuttings and transplanting them into the ground in the traditional garden only. We experiemented earlier in the season with this and it worked well. We should have tomatoes going well into fall. We haven't tried this with other plants but that is a project for next year.

We are gearing up for our return to the farmer's market. We will have tomatoes, cucumbers, dresses, breads, cookies, brownies. Because of time constraints and the cost of producing large quantities of diabetic goods we won't be taking any except a sampling of diabetic cinamon rolls with us. Pass out the samples and take orders. We will have fliers for our rabbits. We did replace our losses with 8 new rabbits. 3 will remain 1 buck and 2 does, these are our beloved Brownie's offspring. Beautifully colored bunnies. The cost of the replacement will be offset by the sale of two.

Our fall schedule will also include Master Gardener training, school, putting our business plan together for our planned expansion. We will also be taking training classes on small business management through the Small Business Development Center at the local community college. That doesn't include our daily routines around here.

Claire is still touting off to anyone she meets about her picture being on the front page of the Mt. Airy News. It was an article about our little suburban homestead. Daddy stopped by tonight and we were able to hand deliver his copy of the paper. What a proud pa-pa and daddy moment. I loved the smile he got on his face as he read it.

Claire's corn is actually producing ears and she is still harvesting cucumbers from her mini garden. She will have squash very soon as well. She is absolutely elated with the results. And has already begun planning her garden for next year.

The end result of the wonderful article is our phone hasn't stopped ringing with questions and orders, and the farm email address has never been busier with the same. It is all coming together so nicely. We will have a new farm website up and running by the end of next week. Leaving behind the free tripod site. The new look and feel of the website is just awesome. I can't wait until it's up and running.

One of my other projects has been volunteering on the marketing board with a non profit organization called Food For Everyone Foundation. A wonderful project run by Jim Kenard. The benefits of his knowledge and what he does around the world is just miraculous. I have also joined is Yahoo Group on the Mittlieder Method. I haven't had much time to particpate as of yet. But will hopefully in the future. Things should slow down a bit during late fall and through early winter.

I have been reading a ton of articles by Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms. What an enlightened and intelligent man. He is the forerunner in the small farm enterprises including CSA and organic methods. I would highly recommend him and his techniques and ideology.

Well it's time for a quick family business meeting. I will post more as I can.

This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever. Sigmund Freud (about the Irish)

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