Dear Powelton Friends and Neighbors,
Except for a couple of minor spritzes Saturday,
it was a beautiful day in the neighborhood,
and our farmers did pretty well.
Aubrey McCulley of UNI reports that this week the
UNI/UCHS garden will give us baby arugula, eggplant,
tomatillos, hot peppers, tomatoes, beans, beets,
radishes, pattypan squash, chard, collards,
and kale in addition to their herbs: sage,
basil, parsley, cilantro, and dill. You can
also expect pesto made from their basil, bread
from Metropolitan, and spicy nasturtiums (for
cooking).
John King, who had very little left to take
back to Paradise, expects to have, in addition
to his usual repeat performers, celery,
some end-of-the-season (that means it will be
smaller than mid-summer) corn, beans, red peppers,
eggplant, greens, daikon (a carrot-shaped radish
that is delicious raw or cooked), hot peppers,
pears, and eggs. Whether John will have
tomatoes this week is pretty much up to the
weather; tomatoes do not like the cold and just
stop growing.
Lorelle Becton plans to have a "wonderful
rosewood house spray for people who want something
that doesn't smell sweet or edible. I
use it for the toilet when my sons are home."
She will also continue to have a large selection
of Lo's handmade soaps, lip balm (throw
away your chapstick--this is better!) salve,
honey body butter, salts, oils, lotions, potions,
and shaving sets.
Bob Fahnestock's day at the market nearly ended
on a sour note. The steering wheel on
his truck locked, and nothing he nor his son
Dave (who had arrived from the Rittenhouse market)
did convinced the key to work or the wheel to
turn. Bob ran from the market to our house
and back several times to get yet another tool
that might saw, lubricate, or pound the wheel
into submission. They finally got on their way
after 5:00 when a combination of a sledgehammer
and a cold chisel did the trick. It also
did a trick on the headlights and turn signals,
so they moved right along to beat the darkness.
However...the family will be picking Fuji apples
this week, which, in addition to the many other
apple varieties they still have, will fill their
table. Don't forget to pick up their superdelicious
cider!
You do remember that Brent Fox will not be here
this week, don't you? He and his
wife Lori are taking a very brief
time out; Brent will be back at our market
on October 23rd.
Community Notes
LAST CHANCE to order your Dutch bulbs for autumn
planting. After they leave our market
Saturday Meg Wise or Sandra Aidar will send
the Tot Lot order across the ocean, so
this is your very last chance to have some gorgeous
flowers next spring and help the Tot Lot.
C'mon, folks, let's make Powelton (more) beautiful
and help pay our neighborhood playground's electric
bill at the same time.
The Voter Registration table will morph into
a Voter Turn-Out table this week; Pat
McBee and Helen Henry will now turn their
attention to signing up people to help
on Election Day. Do stop by and share
ideas about getting out all our neighbors,
especially those who have registered this Fall;
Pat and Helen hope to have buttons
and literature to give away. Pat
tells me: "Thanks to the neighbors
who helped to pay for our much acclaimed flier.
We got just the right amount to cover the bill
(how's that for providence?). Now we would
like to make posters with the locations of polling
places. It'll probably cost up to $100
to prepare and duplicate them. Neighbors
who want to can drop of a contribution at the
table or to Pat at 3208 Hamilton St. And,
this Saturday, October 9, 4:00, at 3208 Hamilton
St, we'll be planning our strategies for now
until the election. RSVP 215-349-6959,
pmcbee@juno.com if you plan to attend."
Last minute flash: Gannett has picked
up neighbor Rachel Mausner's article in
the Phila. Daily News about Pat and Helen's
efforts and wants to do an interview.
Ask them about it on Saturday!
To those of you who missed seeing neighbors
Carolyn Healy's and John Phillips' incredible
multimedia installation, you are going to have
one last chance. Carolyn reports
that their piece will be open to the public
Monday through Wednesday, October 11, 12 and
13, from 12 to 5 p.m. Entrance is still
at 119 Arch Street, National Loading Dock.
Hope to see you there; I absolutely must see
it again!
Here is a valuable hint I hope you will never
have need to use, courtesy of neighbor Isabel
Mandelbaum. Her car was stolen a couple
of weekends ago, and with a great deal of ingenuity,
she recovered it herself within a week. She called the
police, then later phoned the Parking Authority,
found out that her car had been ticketed, went
to the place the tickets were given (at 15th
& Chestnut), and lo! there was her car,
undamaged and ready for her to drive home.
She did.
My memory has had yet another lapse, so would
the person who asked for Rachel Glick's address
please contact me. Thanks. (I love
this: My spell-check just suggested I
should substitute laps for lapse. Thank you,
Microsoft.)
And that finally is it for another week.
See you at the market!
sue minnis
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