SELLMEYER FARM NEWSLETTER

Well it's hard to believe, but Greg has all the garden plots cleaned up, plowed and tilled! That never happens this early, but a very dry and warm October has allowed us to get that all done early this year, plus we have two new plots all ready to go next Spring! A very nice feeling for Greg! I've been working a little each day on pulling out all the grass and weeds from the big green house and throwing them out into the chicken yard for the chickens to enjoy! We got all the winter squash moved into the cooler and put a little heater in it to keep them from freezing so they will hopefully last longer.

We are still doing market over in Columbia, and will all winter. Right now we are actually doing two. The one we've done all summer is still going and will go another two weeks. The new indoor Winter market started this past Saturday, they overlap for three weeks. So we took two trucks and unloaded Greg at the outside one and got him all set up and then I went over to the indoor one and set up. The indoor one goes from 10:00 a.m. till 2 p.m. So when Greg was done at noon with his, he came over to help me and then tear down. Makes for a long day as we get up at 5:00 a.m., but once the outdoor market is over, we won't have to get up so early!

We still have the winter squash, sweet potatoes, regular potatoes, tomatoes, eggs, jams, and dried apples to sell. Plus I do baking and I've picked up some black walnuts. Need to get them hulled and cracked and bag to try to sell.

The seed catalogs are starting to come in, so I've been glancing through them and marking things of interest for next year. Greg is looking at getting the material to make several low tunnels for one of the new garden plots up by the barn.

I'm thinking about a vacation in December or January. Want to go some place a little warmer! But we want to drive. Was wondering about Mobile Alabama and that area, as I would like to get to the ocean. Does anyone know whether that area is back going after their storms and damage?