I have to confess, most years I don’t blog as much as I want to in the summer because I’m too tired to write. But this year, it was more like I was too down to write, and I didn’t want to take that down-ness out into the world (because in 2020, who needs more of that?). But I wrote, just keeping the less happy pieces off line, and I’ve been working on pulling them into something more like a look back onto the season. It feels easier to do, after this first round of frosts, when the fields are a little bit quieter, but I’m also a little bit more relaxed and able to breath—the brilliant sun that seems to never quit shining this year (a rarity here!) lightening up the softly turning leaves. But now that it’s fall, it’s time for a big ole blog dump, starting with the sunshine times, because as in all moments, there were bright spots and joy on the farm…We kicked off this year with a mid-May snowfall (remember that? Because I sure didn’t until I was looking through my pictures last week!)… Fortunately all those crop covers worked to keep the veggies alive and happy for early CSA shares and markets. And the early season wouldn’t be complete without a mask (or fifty)… the silver lining to making all the masks for our team was to remind me how much I enjoy sewing, and to inspire me to start sewing more farm schwag for next year!