Dear Friends and Neighbors,
It certainly was a smaller market last week
without John King, but he will be back
this week with a table brimming with veggies
and other goodies. He will have
green lettuce, romaine, cukes, green and yellow
squash, Brussels sprouts, celery, onions, cabbage,
green and some red peppers, carrots, red and
white potatoes, yams, beets, green beans, kale,
collards, Amish baked and canned goods, eggs,
and some tomatoes and pumpkins. His pumpkins
will be smaller than usual because of the great
amount of rain they have had in Lancaster County.
Once again Bob Fahnestock and the Fahnestock
Fruit Farm will have apples, apples, and more
apples: Jonagold, Red Delicious, Yellow
Delicious, Granny Smith, Stayman/Winesap,
Mutsu/Crispin, and Fuji. The Cortlands
have come and gone, but the CIDER will
linger on well into the Fall.
Lorelle Becton wants me to remind you that hand-washing
is the first line of defense against the flu,
and does she ever have the soap for you! She
sold out of lip balms, but will have more ready
for us, along with some new honey scrubs.
When you stop at her table, remember that the
Holidays are coming; Lorelle has some wonderful
gifts for the people on your list.
UNI/UCHS's garden is winding down, but they
will still have arugula, eggplant, tomatillos,
tomatoes, beans, golden beets, radishes, chard,
hot peppers, kale, sage, cilantro, basil, mint,
dill, nasturtiums, and as usual, yogurt,
cheese, Metropolitan Bakery bread, and maybe
spinach and pesto.
COMMUNITY NOTES
There is a large pile of free compost at
the UNI/UCHS garden site, much of it from
the Fairmount Park Commission, that is now available for neighbors
to use. For questions, ask Jo Rosen at
the UNI table on Saturday. The garden
is between the High School and Drew School.
Helen Henry and Pat McBee, the Get Out the Vote
folks, will be busy canvassing and leafleting
this weekend, and still need more people to
help. If you can possibly spare some time
to go door-to-door Saturday or Sunday, morning
or afternoon, please call or write Pat McBee
at 215-349-6959 or pmcbee@juno.com). These
indomitable women also would love to have some
help with the $200 they just had to pay for
more voting materials. Here is some Election
Day advice for voters that Pat asked me
to pass on:
- Show up early, we're hoping for long lines.
- There's less traffic in the middle of the
day, so vote then if you can.
- Make sure you're at the right polling place
(there will be maps outside the polling places).
- If you're new to your division (and everybody
for good measure) bring an I.D. with your photo
and one with your address (it can be the same
one).
- Say thanks to the election workers inside
and outside the polls, they're gonna have
a long day on our behalf."
My addition to that is to thank Pat and Helen
for the yeo(wo)man work they have done for the
past 3 months; it has been a consuming passion
for them, and we are all the better for
their efforts.
See you Saturday at the market.
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