Tomato-Palooza!

This past weekend, Farmer Mike opened up the Farm for a rare occurrence...a pick-your-own day!  Thanks to the hurricane's (who we have been thanking profusely every day since she allegedly brought the early arrival of our precious (sorry, we are biased and IN LOVE) baby girl) wet weather and Farmer Mike's absence from the Farm (see last parenthesis), our tomatoes were ready to be harvested or go to spoil.  Rather than waste the gorgeous, delicious remnants of our successful tomato crop, Farmer Mike invited one and all to come and harvest all they could take from the tomato plants.

The weather was less than cooperative, with the skies opening up right around the time that everyone had their picking hands ready.  Thankfully, patience won out and it stopped raining for a bit so that people could harvest away.

Here is the Farm "Chariot" that escorted the pickers to the fields...unfortunately, the "Chariot" was not fully detailed before Saturday's fun:

Here are some close-ups of the tomatoes, dripping with rain.  Thanks, Robert, for really capturing the essence of the tomatoes and the weather in these great photos!

And, the members are hard at work in the fields:

And because I can't resist also sharing with you a few photos of the Farm's newest addition, here is our baby girl, Amelia Taylor Protas, at the hospital with proud Mom and Dad:

She had a little bit of jaundice, so check out her "radioactive" blanket and her cool shades!!

My favorite picture of all time! They hadn't yet removed the little heart-shaped sticker from her jaundice shades, but I think the heart is poetic!

This week you can expect to receive in your share: watermelons, potatoes, red onions, lettuce, winter squash, collards and kale.

Until next time...