A quick update from Slip Away Farm:
This is the week of the Agricultural Fair in West Tisbury and we got a little carried away and entered 14 different vegetables into the commercial grower's categories. We won some ribbons, and Christian and I are already planning for next years competition: anyone have any good ideas for the "Vegetable Sculpture" category? Never to early to plan ahead...
Some of my favorite entries at the fair were a coffin brimming with vegetables submitted by Ghost Island Farm and the best in show prize winner by our friend Ellie who made a chicken entirely out of flowers. I love the fair.
Market has been busy, busy, busy. August is really a bustling month on the Island and we have been attempting to fill some of the demand for local veggies. We are so fortunate to be starting the farm at a time when local produce is such a hot commodity; it seems like most of the vegetable farmers are doing good business at the West Tis Market and pretty much selling out of produce every week.
The really big news this week is that we are officially moving the farm to Chappaquiddick in two weeks, a plan that has been in the works for awhile and is now finally happening. We have been granted an affordable lease for a three bedroom farmhouse from the 1700's and seven acres of land. It is a five year lease, and an incredible opportunity for a farmer on Martha's Vineyard where land is expensive and limited and year-round housing difficult to find. Christian, Collins, Jason, and myself will all be living in the house and working the land together. Very, very exciting.
And for my friend Annie, lots of photos in this week's post:
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| Green Apple Eggplant |
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| Blue ribbon carrots, waiting to go to the Fair |
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| Okra |
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| Newly planted baby lettuce |
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| Sunrise on Market Morning |
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| Purple Kolrabi |
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