September, pretty much the exact same as August, just more food that keeps growing and cooler weather. The urban farm continues to challenge my ability to harvest produce at its peak then either eat it, preserve it, or give it away before it goes bad. I'm getting pretty dang good at that game (and it is a game) but alas there's still a small amount of food that goes bad such as the cucumbers that I couldn't give away to save my life (it's a long story for another time). The largest single day harvest happened, which was a whopping 205.8 pounds (93.35 kilos) of fresh, beyond organic, hyper local food grown right in my very own backyard. That was right before a snow storm rolled in so I harvested everything I could find. That storm did bring snow however the majority of the plants survived and I kept getting food after that storm. It seemed that since it was so warm before the snow, the ground was able to keep roots warm and emit heat to keep the bases of the plants warm with the weather that just dipped below freezing while spitting snow everywhere. More composting happened in September, I've really been trying to stay on-top of composting as much as possible. There's been a lot of black gold (compost) produced this year. Here's what was harvested in September:
Early to Mid September Bounty:
-Squash = 26.56 lbs
-Pumpkins = 83.35 lbs
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