We anxiously await the rain. Sukkot has come and gone, the tabernacles are down, and though we were rewarded with a few raindrops here and there, they were a mere appetizer for the real thing. Now it’s high time for the main course! The fall seesaw is here with the weather rapidly changing from surprising heat and humidity to days of moderate weather and cool mornings. Some days, the skies are beautifully adorned with clouds, in place of the very light blue skies of summer, and every so often a breeze will move them to and fro, scattering dry leaves and lovingly teasing the greens in our field.  But alas, the actual rain has not yet graced us with its appearance, and it is thus time for our little Chubeza Rain Dance to beseech the skies to shower us with their wealth!

The last of the summer crops are marking their final weeks. We will soon be parting from the Thai lubia, okra, eggplants and pumpkins. The corn will strike it parting chord over the next few weeks. These veggies will be passing on the relay race stick to the winter crops – beets and radishes, already skipping and hopping to our packing house, while the kohlrabi is fattening up in the field alongside the fennel, carrots and turnips.