Winding down, Gearing up.

I can't believe that it's already mid September. For me, this summer has been a chaotic blur of farming, working in Lexington, and lots of driving in between. In the last four months, the only time I've been in one place more than four days at a time was when Terra and I were in Maine. So while I'm sad to see the farm winding down for the season, it's also a bit of a relief; I won't have quite so much on my plate in a few weeks time.

Once the day-to-day work at the farm comes to a close, however, Terra and I are going to turn our attention to the very large and involved task of planning for next season, now that we are fairly certain that there will indeed be one. Early on, we decided that this season was mostly about testing out what works and what doesn't, and it has worked out well in that regard. Going into the planning process, there are already a few things about next year Terra and I are in total agreement on (winter squash gets it's own field, for instance), as well as some things that we will be discussing at length and working out some appropriate solutions for.

A few items in the latter category include the formation of a CSA, the future development of the Greenfield Farmers Market, and the scope of our farm come next spring, accounting for Terra's and my living situations. For those of you still reading our blog (I know the updates have been sporadic during the growing season), we'd like to invite comments and active participation as we begin this process. This is going to be a busy winter for Cloverly Farm, and it will be April 2011 before we know it.