DISPATCHES FROM THE FARMRSS

End of Farmers' Market Season for Us

Thursday, May 13, 2010
Those of you in 'tropical' (everything's relative!) Melbourne and maybe other locales probably won't believe me when I tell you it has been somewhat wintery around here for several weeks now?? Well folks it really has been, even though on our couple of visits to Melbourne recently we have enjoyed much warmer & dryer days. Up here, in district Daylesford, it has frequently been around 10 - 13 deg.C during the days (colder nights & mornings) with quite a bit of grey and damp weather. Now the point of all this fascinating weather talk is not to bore you into a coma but as a prelude to explaining
how it is that our farmers' market season has now reached its conclusion until our next season.



We reach a point each season when the local climate changes over and the soil cools down, often pretty swiftly, and basically what has been growing slows down significantly or stops and some things, such as our tomatoes reach the end of their time and die off, whilst other plants, such as some herbs go into a dormancy. Of the last week or so we find ourselves without enough produce to furnish ongoing farmers' market stalls. Each season we endeavour to extend our growing season a little but we will always be away from markets for at least 3-4 months each year - such are the distinct local seasons for growing in our beautiful, lush and fertile region.:)



So, thank you ALL very much for your custom and cheery company this market season and we look forward to 
seeing you again in the new season, back at farmers' markets from around November onwards.



Stay warm, enjoy the new seasons and keep well!

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