West Brookfield Farmers Market

 Some advice never gets outdated.  Farmers from long ago had an awareness of their surroundings and took care in the planting, harvesting and storing of the crops they grew.  As we become more involved in buying local or growing more of what we eat, we too may become as insightful as our forefathers.....

October hath 31 days

 Recall the gifts received from Heaven,

And lay them all at Memory’s shrine;

Remember some have harder striven,

Whose share of good is less than thine.

Weather Prediction
October 1-10:Frequent showers of rain, fine for the season.

October 11-20:Cooler with high winds.

October 20-24:Great plenty of wind and rain.

October 24-31:Pleasant.Some flakes of snow.

 
Farmer’s Calendar 

Now come the cold nights, the frosty mornings, and the sunshiny days-the most melancholy, and yet the most beautiful, of all the year.But work still remains to be done.The roots are not all out of the ground.Carrots grow long after the frosts have begun to nip the more tender plants.Apples and other fruits, especially the winter varieties, are now to be gathered;-mind you don’t bruise them by careless picking.Gather your apples by hand, one by one, and lay them gently away.A single decaying apple, bruised in gathering or packing, may cause you the loss of half the barrel.Now is the time, also, to look to the farming tools which have been used in summer, and to put them away, carefully cleaned and dry, for next season’s use.Exposure to the weather will destroy them as fast as ordinary usage.