Sakonnet Growers Market

Today was the last day of the farmer's market for 2011. A special Thanksgiving market. Unfortunately I was unable to attend, basketball, friends for the kids & installation of our new sign took over the day. Here are a couple pictures taken over the summer by Robin Toste (wife of our webdesigner).       

What I love about these pictures is they really caught the essence of every one's tables. I was a new farmer, a new addition to this group, and I was warmly welcomed by everyone. We had a great summer at the market. My kids came with me every week, some weeks I left them there and they ran the table themselves. They learned social skills, practiced change making, and we had fun.

This is Roots Farm- Kelli (not pictured) & Mike. They were at the booth next to us, and their farm is right around the corner from our farm. They farm right through the winter- looking forward to some delicious winter carrots!



Here are Jami & I- I guess she was sharing a funny story





Rocky Hooves- a family affair run by Sue & Mark and their son and his girlfriend pictured here.



Skinny Dip Farm - a new farm this year started by Hannah & Ben, his mom was there most weeks as well.
Their table was always so beautiful!

Delish treats for both the patrons & the vendors.
 "payment" for the kids helping out was usually a treat from here or Steve.

Here is Steve Cory, Cory's Kitchen at Sweet Berry Farm. Very impressive line up of jelly and my favorite treat (have to pay yourself as well as the help!) spinach croissant.

Alice, also around the corner from our farm, had beautiful plants!

Chris of Seapowet Shellfish, was usually doing something like this. He was so great with the kids- the last day we were there he called his wife who brought down a huge Frisbee to entertain everyone.

This is Kristin, who made the most beautiful bouquets! She grows everything herself, some in Connecticut where they live during the week, and some here in her Westport home where they stayed on the weekends. She has three boys who were in and out with her husband. Most of the time her eldest, Adicus, stayed and was a big help, hot just to her but to everyone!

What's new at Sakonnet Farm

It has been a VERY long time since I have written a blog post, hard to believe at one point I was posting every day. Now that there are no kids home with me, everything is different. We have been very busy on the farm this summer. We have new fencing, new animals, new plans.....
Please enjoy some pictures courtesy of Rick Barrette.

 Here is one of our Dominique chickens taking the stairs!

 Here is our turkey looking for lunch. They scratch out a spot then go back to look for what they have unearthed. This enables them to heat a healthy diet and therefore producing healthier food for us. It is also good for the soil, they are like natural rototillers!

 We currently have 8 ducks who all enjoy swimming in the pond we built for them.

 Rest time for the goats.

 This is Maggie, how could you not love that face!

 These are probably the most interesting flowers we have on the property, a poker flower. What an amazing picture of the hummingbird!

This was our herb garden just after Adam finished building it for me. We had much success with basil this year. We grew sweet, lime, and purple. We also grew catnip, lemon balm, thyme, lemon thyme, rosemary, parsley, and chocolate mint.

So there is a bit of catching up as to what we have been doing over the course of the summer. We also participated in the local farmer's market and there are some wonderful pictures I just received. Maybe I'll just have to post again tomorrow.....