Friends and Family

 My parents came to visit the weekend before Thanksgiving. We visited the farm, and this time, the weather was good enough to give them the full tour.

Later we made pizza. Here's my dad working on his.

 The original jock-strap pizza!

I liked Mama's shoes by the pumpkins.

We knew the first freeze was coming, so we battened things down at the farm. Last Tuesday, 11-23, had a hard freeze, and it's been freezing most nights since. We put lights in the citrus at the farm and at home. I also repotted our small lime tree and set it by the hotbox and the house. The summer crops let us know that summer is officially over!

So we started ripping out the tomatoes, and put the chickens on the empty row space. Here Catherine helps remove the pepper plants.

Notice the broccoli that was interplanted. It's now coming into its own.

And the garlic is thriving.

I took this picture just to prove that Rick C. still exists. We don't expect to see much of him.

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What We're Eating
This bad boy! I roasted him up and pureed all the flesh. A double batch of pumpkin bars barely put a dent in it. I also made two pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving dinner at Titus and Jane's.

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We got the brass rail put up at the bar. I cleverly failed to get the rail in the pictures, but it's there!

Bill looked too empty handed, so we gave him the growler.

And he got all excited.

Back at my house, the hotbox is in operation, and the first starts are coming up vigorously. Karen's endive is showing the first true leaves.

My green towers lettuce is coming up strongly as well.

The favas are sprouting.