Week 15: Fabulous Farm Dinner, RAIN & Harvest Fest

Sorry for the late post folks, I actually took the day off for my birthday (a HUGE rarity!!!) and went to the New England Aquarium to explore the octopi and gaze adoringly at brightly colored anemones, coral, cuttlefish and jellies. While I was there, it rained all day, a nice gently, soaking, just about perfect rain and the farm was refreshed and glowing when I got back. And if you missed that sunrise last night- it was ridiculous. We had fog rolling down the hills and the sky was on fire. Gorgeous.
We had our first Family Farm Dinner on Friday night and it was great! We more than sold out- overbooked- but the chef was able to squeak out enough food so that everyone went home full and satisfied. The Railroad House Band was great! Lots of rollicking bluegrass fun. And it was just beautiful- gingham tablecloths and rolling hills as a backdrop- what a beautiful way to eat a meal.We will be doing this again next summer and we hope to see you there!!!!
On Sunday we brought the goats to the Boston Local Food Fest on the Greenway. We were right next to

the fountain with its giant animal heads and we spent the day talking to 4K people about goats and how cool they are. We did a couple of milking demos and got a chance here and there to visit all the cool booths of locally produced foods (tho how coconuts could ever be considered local I still can't figure out). It was a lot of fun and we highly recommend this event for next year. It is our second time going and it's an experience.
Speaking of fun events! Our 2nd annual Harvest Fest is 2 1/2 weeks away  on Sunday October 9th and we need your help to spread the word. We have postcards for you to give out, but also tell your friends, post or share our event on FB, Twitter, Snapchat away, but let's bring the folks in. Enter our Pie Making Contest!
Based on feedback from last year, we are charging at the gate for all the fun inside, instead of trying to keep

track of ten or more cashboxes, donation bins, etc. Our food vendors will still be charging for their wares but there will be more savory, lunch faire in addition to the sweet treats. Our cider mills will be running, pumpkins will be needing carving and pie will need eating. Lots of fun for the whole family!

 New Farmstand Products: Bee the Change herbal salves, creams, balms and more. Come and check out these lovely new body products in the store. They smell and feel dreamy. Green Tea Face Balm will smooth away your worry lines while you sleep, the calendula salve is essential for every medicine cabinet to soothe a scratch, an itchy spot or diaper rash, or just give your skin a little love this winter. Use a bath bomb in lavender to calm before bed or in oatmeal to mellow winter skin. We have testers!
Anna Banana's still have caramel apples, marshmallows and chocolates in the fridge- I tried the Pecan Spiced on Friday- WOW! buy one of these and bring it home to share!!!!

The hens are laying amok! Come and get the best and most delicious eggs ever. Deep orange yolks, stand up whites, these are amazing.

EVENTS:
L'il Goats Club- Wednesdays starting at 10am. We had quite a turnout last week. Elspeth will be helping Kira this week and we will learn about milking goats. Kids will have a chance to try it out! We will be talking about milk and what we can do with it.

I'm trying to keep things short since this is so late this week, but you can slice those mini-marzano tomatoes in half- toss them with olive oil, garlic powder and a little sea salt and roast them in a single layer on a cookie sheet in a 200 degree oven for about 4 hours until they are drying and a little caramelized but not crackling or burnt. You can use them as is or let them cool and pile them into a freezer bag- I toss a few into a saute pan and just heat them up before adding them to pasta.