WestonAlan Photography shared some photos from Abby and Jerome's late August wedding with us this week. What a treat to be a part of that beautiful day.

Just that as we hop off to Lanesboro for the New Farmer U for mama and some biking and children's museuming for papa and E.

Stay tuned for some exciting news on the greenhouse building process, and my favorite (eek!) - SEED ORDERING!

Peace out friends,
J.M+E

    

We had a sweet little harvest party on Saturday with the Sliced Bread Jug Band, squash soup, 5 gallons of cider and lovely folks. It was a bit chilly but we played games and gathered around the fire. Thanks for coming, those who could come! We missed you who couldn't be with us.

The next day we nursed our sniffles, rested and picked a few of the remaining apples.

 

This kid and his pink cheeks. 

 

 

I walked through the field on Tuesday and snapped some photos of the last of the lasts. We harvested what we could for drying for wreaths, and a couple of winter events. Loving the sweet dried flowers.

And now friends, the planning is on for next year. We're working on a greenhouse. We're ordering seeds. We're planning more varieties and tightening up our flower game on this new land.

One year under our belts, and we're excited to apply our new learnings.

And we're loving sitting at the dinner table together, and just looking at each other more. It's nice.

We'll keep in touch with our fall and winter plannings, and are planning to fire up the greenhouse in January. Eeek.

Happy week to you.

xoxo

J,M+E

These ladies actually really run our farm. 

And we would be so much less healthy with out their delicious, nutritious eggs every morning. Did you know that chickens are voracious omnivores? They got a little lamb treat from E's unfinished dinner the other night and they loved it. 

The sun is setting on our first year on HPF land. I won't say I'm not a little jealous when I see those Instagram photos of all the beautiful dahlias folks are pulling out of their fields this mild and rainy fall. When our tunnels that held our "fancy flowers" as I call 'em, the dahlias and the lisianthus mostly, were destroyed in the tornado and straight-line wind storm on July 5th, we were so focused on all the immediacies to fix, that we weren't thinking so much about what it would be like in October when we still hadn't had a frost but didn't really have flowers.

It's a bit of a bummer. But it's also nice to chill out at the supper table together at night instead of running out to finish the day's work.

 

This week our farmer friends over at Clover Bee Farm got married at the wonderful Barns of Lost Creek, and we helped with the flowers. Willow garlands, eucalyptus and fall colors. Lovely. 

Going through the seasons with the crab apple tree is a delight.

Canned peaches and pumpkins? Yep, we should be saving them, but they're just so delicious. 

And then there are the Chicago Cubs. I used to feel a little bad for my son, born to a Cubs-lovin' papa, and a potential lifetime of heartache. But not this year. They're so good. Their first play-off game is tomorrow night against the Giants. Go Cubs Go!!! 

And finally, we're having a party on Saturday. We'd love to see you for cider pressing, the local Sliced Bread jug band, squash soup, and a field walk. the weather looks like it'll be beautiful, with a jacket on, and we're just so excited to host you at our new farm. 3-6pm-ish, this Saturday, Oct. 8th. If you google Humble Pie Farm, it'll get you to us, but call or text with questions. 952.451.5393

xxoo

J,M+E