Veggies in September

Welcome back!  Many apologies for the brief hiatus from blogging.  A few of your farmers @ Miller's took a journey westward to the cornfields of Ohio and Indiana for a wedding.  But we're back to business as usual...

"Business as usual..."  Hmmmmmm...  Truly no two days are alike at Miller's Orchards.  Last week Lew and Wally were trying to "trick" a 350-pound hog onto a trailer for transport to the butcher.  (Note: pigs are incredibly intelligent, and our Miller's hogs are no different.  The pigs have figured out that when their comrades walk onto our farm trailer, they never seem to return.  The remaining hogs are NOT quick to jump on the trailer anymore!) 

And this afternoon your farmers @ Miller's managed to squeeze field preparation, vegetable planting, evening chores AND a strategy meeting all into a few short hours.  Lew and I (Delana) worked on field prep this afternoon after the all-family strategy meeting.  Afterwards Momma (Robin), Amber and Lew transplanted cucumbers, beans and zucchini.  (I, sadly, missed this fun in order to attend a musical rehearsal at church!)  Momma managed to finish the evening chores somewhere in there too!  Talk about inspiration...

Now, if you're a farmer yourself, or even an amateur gardener, you're probably wondering WHO on earth plants cukes, beans and zucchini in early August.  Well, your farmers @ Miller's do!  We're experimenting with some of our ground this year by doing a late planting of vegetables.  Later this week we'll also be planting broccoli and some lettuce.  Because we did not use all our prepared fields for our earlier plantings in 2010, we made a decision several weeks ago to try this late planting on the unused field space.  By planting at this point in the summer we will be hopefully harvesting these veggies in mid- to late-September.  Nothing like getting to buy fresh beans AND your apples and winter squash, right? 

Tomorrow I will be at Steamtown, center court, selling corn, cukes, pickles, tomatoes, beans, baked goods and more!  Stop by and say hi!

In the pursuit of the un-predictable, good-food life, we remain,
Your Farmers @ Miller's