How about a poem from James Whitcomb Riley for this week? Probably my favorite…
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock,
And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin’ turkey cock,
And the clackin’ of the guineys, and the cluckin’ of the hens,
And the rooster’s hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence;
Oh, it’s then’s the times a feller is a-feelin’ at his best,
With the risin’ sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest,
As he leaves the house, bare-headed, and goes out to feed the stock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock.
They’s something kindo’ harty-like about the atmusfere
When the heat of summer’s over and the coolin’ fall is here
Of course we miss the flowers, and the blossoms on the trees,
And the mumble of the hummin’-birds and the buzzin’ of the bees;
But the air’s so appetizin’; and the landscape through the haze
Of a crisp and sunny morning of the airly autumn days
Is a pictur’ that no painter has a colorin’ to mock
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock.
The husky, rusty russel of the tossels of the corn,
And the raspin’ of the tangled leaves, as golden as the morn;
The stubble in the furries– kindo’ lonesome-like, but still
A preachin sermuns to us of the barns they growed to fill;
The straw stack in the medder, and the reaper in the shed;
The hosses in theyr stalls below- the clover overhead!
Oh, it sets my hart-a-clickin’ like the tickin’ of a clock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock!
Then your apples all is getherd, and the ones a feller keeps
Is poured around the celler-floor in red and yeller heaps;
And your cider-makin’ ‘s over, and your wimmern-folks is through
With their mince and apple butter, and theyr souse and sausage too!…
I don’t know how to tell it– but ef sich a thing could be
As the angels wantin’ boardin’, and they’d call around on me-
I’d want to ‘commodate ’em –all the enduring flock–
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in shock!
CSA list
Russet Potatoes
Turnips
Broccoli
Peppers
Kale/Chard
Lettuce Mix
Cabbage
Radish
Fennel*
Celeriac*
* limited quantities; we may need to substitute
Have a lovely autumn week!
Greg