The final farmer’s market and on farm sales of 2025 have shown up almost as quickly and surprisingly as the cold weather of late. Sure just like the cold we knew it was coming but sometimes it’s easy to stay stuck in the routine. Alas here we are staring right into the face of the Holiday Season and New Year to come. To say that it has been a good season would be putting it mildly. It has been a year filled with great weather, great markets and a lot of hard work, integral to it all is all of you The Good Food People. As we reflect upon this great season and how much we have grown as a farm we can only be grateful for all the Love, Support and Luck that has been afforded to us over the years. But before we say farewell for the year (just a week actually) there is still one more weekend of Good Food and Good People to fill your belly and nourish your heart and soul. This Friday and Saturday will be the last preorder pick up days of 2025 and Friday from 3-6 in Middlefield is the final open farm shop this year. Saturday is also the last New Haven Farmer’s Market of 2025. The good news is we will be returning with preorder pickup and the New Haven market on Saturday 1/3. That week there will only be the New Haven market and Saturday on farm pick up. The following weekend 1/9 and 1/10 we will be back to business as usual with Friday and Saturday pickup, Friday open Farm Shop hours 3-6 and the New Haven Market. Remember from now until when the market goes back outside in April it starts one hour later running from 10-1.
Meanwhile out on the farm things look like the Winter wonderland that only a fresh snowfall can create. However the temps are low and the wind is strong enough for one to really feel the bite of Winter if they aren’t careful. Loose ends and unfinished tasks are few and far between or a least can be put off long enough to enjoy a Wintry day organizing and cleaning heated inside spaces. With a warm couple of days on the horizon it should be a little more pleasant to work the next few days outside rather than needlessly suffer in the cold today. Beyond harvesting for the market and shop there is still a bit of planting on the schedule, something that seems to never really stop around here. It just slows down like everything else. We know we won’t get the opportunity to see and wish all of you a Happy Holiday Season and Healthy New year, so we’ll say it here. We hope the holidays and year to come treat you and yours with a gentle kindness that can only be described as blessed.
Have a Great Week