The rains have started to come, and with the rain the summer has ended. The days are much grayer and cloudy now, very different than our long sunny summer days that I grew very fond of. The start of autumn has brought some amazing things though. Watching the rivers full of salmon returning to the headwaters has been breathtaking and the change of the leaves is...
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the wind and rain have come down on us,the first real taste of the seasons turning.migrations patterning across the sky again,geese calling out to you.I get why they used to call those who understood their coursesoothsayers.there is truth in their flight, reliability.the wind in the valley is bringing old songs down from the trees,the waves white-capped rolling...
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We have finally made it to what I can officially say feels like the transition from Summer into Autumn, especially in the chillier mornings with the low light. Fall is always the time of transitions, when all of that energy of Summer is reminded that now it has to find someplace to go. It has to shift, like it or not. I love this time of year, when it’s easier to...
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Hello CSA members! Today we are bulking out all of our pumpkin harvest, which means we are harvesting it ALL! This week in your share you will be getting 1 each, and I have a poem for ya! ~Reuben The PumpkinJohn Greenleaf Whittier (1844) Oh, greenly and fair in the lands of the sun,The vines of the gourd and the rich melon run,And the rock and the tree and the...
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On Sunday, someone came up to me at the Chimacum Farmers Market and mentioned how quiet it was. The sun had just tucked itself into a cloud and mist filled the space between us, and I agreed – it was calm and relaxed, a stillness that I’d forgotten about. It’s like a gulp of air after diving deep underwater, or a gentle plateau at the top of a...
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In my time at Red Dog Farm I have done a lot of exploring in Olympic National Park and National Forest. While I am out on my adventures I almost always bring fresh veggies from the farm with me. As the seasons have changed from spring to summer and now starting to turn to fall, I have been eating different vegetables in different beautiful places. Before I...
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