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Growing Season Update Sept 10, 2015

FRESH CIDER is finally here. One of the moments we have been waiting for. The cider press has been fixed and fresh cider should be available from now until early spring. You can stock up and freeze the cider. Heat a little of it to warm yourself on the cool nights. If it is in the refrigerator for too long and gets fizzy it is rather tasty, although if you do not like the fizz just freshen it by warming it on the stove.
Almar Orchard has won awards in the past for their cider. They like to mix a variety of apples that include tart and sweet to acquire excellent flavor. Into the year as the apple changes the flavor slightly changes.

Sweet Potatoes to the left, waiting to be dug out of the ground, they are in the morning glory family so the tops vine out. It is important to give them the longest possible growing season and still yet not let them get hit by frost so on a daily basis we watch the weather report and when it looks like we will have a frost we remove the tops and dig for these delicious potatoes.
Lettuce is to the right, that was recently planted in a hoop house and the lettuce can tolerate cooler temperatures. In several weeks we hope for some fresh lettuce, which will be a relief since this fresh lettuce tastes so much better than lettuce bought in the store.