Happy Halloween from LFP!

Check out the pumpkins we entered in the Airlie staff pumpkin carving contest.

Zinnias

Yesterday we harvested more than 45 pounds of lush fall greens.

Ahh...Arugula.

Pac Choi with no pest damage! Incredible.

Assorted sweet peppers, peach habaneros, el jefe jalapenos, zuchinni, patty pan squash, eggplant, sungold cherry tomatoes, and regular tomatoes. These remaining summer crop harvests are low yield yet high quality-- not bad for Mid-October.

Our second planting of fall greens were slow to germinate but they are finally coming in now that the rains have slowed down and the sun has reappeared.

Tim shows off our crops to one of the Airlie cooks before she places an order.

Fall is here. The abundance of summer crops has passed and we are embracing the change of seasons as our fall plants grow and we prepare for winter.

Pablo tills in our summer buckwheat to plant winter rye as a cover crop.

The okra is officially taller than Tim! He's 6'3."

Fall greens-- kale, collards, lettuce, pac choi, beets and radishes.

The tomato harvest is slowing down, but there are still some tomato plants hanging in there--especially in the hoophouse.

Winter Squash are starting to come in but aren't near ready for harvest.

Brussels sprouts are growing steadily since transplanting.

We've been harvesting lots of green beans.

Watermelon update: some will be ready to sample before too long...

Green beans are plentiful.

Our cucumbers are struggling.

This is the biggest strawberry we've seen all season!

We transplanted basil in the hoopohouse so we can continue to harvest one of our favorite herbs through the fall.

Hoophouse eggplant.

We planted 10 more beds of fall crops that have already germinated, including: kale, collards, lettuce mix, radishes, beets, pac choi and arugula.

Our peppers are thriving in the passive solar hoophouse. These are El Jefe Jalapenos and Peach Habaneros.

Buckwheat is lush after the weekend's rainfall.

Remember the watermelon you saw in last week's blog? This is the same one-- it's grown!

A critter is nibbling at our soybeans.