September 10 Newsletter

Hello!

Can’t believe it’s almost pumpkin time. It has been a fabulous growing year. I am amazed. This season was over the top for growing, almost everything was perfect. Don’t remember that for a long time.

I’m so happy for New Gardeners. They will garden next year as they had a grand production.

I should have a fabulous 2021 for selling garden seeds, plants, soil, onion plants, seed potatoes, herbs, etc. as Waconia Farm Store is closed and I’ll be a great store to help them. I’ll need someone to work that. It is so important to help people. For them to have success, makes me smile.

The Antique Wagon that Don has been working on is fabulous. It has wooden wheels, spokes, the wagon box is cedar wood. I got this at a Wagener Auction on Lake Waconia in the 70’s. It has been in my hen house apart since 1991 when we moved here and it’s been my dream to have that put together. We will have it in front of The Barn for pumpkins. It is Don’s Great Uncle’s Wagon, has to be from the 1880’s or 1890’s. It is my favorite wagon on the Farm. I just love wagons. I have 6 old ones. Can’t find these anymore. A few years ago I sold one, wish I had it back. I like kids wagons, gas engine wagons, any wagons.

The Farm will soon have on it’s Fall Dress – Pumpkins, Broom Corn, Corn Shocks, Pampas Grass, Color Corn, Mini Pumpkins, Large Gourds, Mini Gourds, and Specialty Pumpkins. Fall Mums are here.

Apples are starting, you can buy 1 apple, not a bag full like at apple orchards. I do not have an orchard, but I have Minnesota Grown Apples. I had the new one, First Kiss, developed by David Bedford at the U of M Apple Farm. They were excellent. I can’t get any more to sell. I do have other apples, Chestnut Crab, Zestar and others coming.

Tomatoes

Cucumbers – Chubs, Slicing

Peppers – Green, Carmen Red Sweet, Italian Yellow Sweet, Jalapenos, Habanero Hot, Garden Salsa Hot, Inferno Hot, Biencia Ivory, Banana Yellow, Poblano, Time Bomb, Hot Red Bell, Yellow Bell and Orange Bell

Onions

Shallots

Scallions

Eggplant – Night Shadow, Orient Express, Orient Express Long, and Dancer Pink

Zucchini – Green, Yellow, Magda

Fennel

Beets

Potatoes – Red, Yukon Gold, Russet

Herbs – Cilantro, Basil, Parsley, Sage

Sweet Corn, local

Watermelon, local

Muskmelon, local

Tomatoes, local

Carrots, local

Potatoes, Red local

Garlic, Mexico

Pears, Washington

Apples, Minnesota Grown

Red Grapes, Washington

Green Grapes, Washington

Red Plums, Washington

Mango (Best ever Organic), Mexico

Nectarines, California

Barn Quilts and Carver County, MN

Authors Barb Hone and Jerry O’Dair