Harvest festival weekend. Thank you for a bountiful season. Thanks for holding off on hard frost until most of the tomatoes have turned green. Thanks for plenty of rain, but not too much. Thanks again.

How do I know if someone is reading this, or is it all about me, as I've recently been told?

Nutritional Value. Evaluation of nutrients in vegetables has shown a marked decline in nutritional value of, say, broccoli. The USDA spokesperson cannot account for the decline, however local grower guru Shep Ogden of Cook's Garden fame, says " It's the soil, stupid. Obviously, the vegetable cannot have more nutrients than the soil." If the soil is poor due to overuse and continuing reliance on chemical fertilizer, the produce will show the effect. So, eat your broccoli, and eat twice as much. I've always said, you can't have too much of the green stuff.
If someone would show me how to link to a web site, I could show you that at USDA.org there is no mention of this phenomenon.

Fresh eggs. Can't you just picture it, the farmer going to the chicken house with a handmade basket to gather the eggs? It's a bright sunny day and the air smells fresh. He opens the door to the milkroom and (rustle rustle) the biggest rat he's ever seen looks him straight in the eye and says thanks for feeding me, sucker.

My first post was a wonderful ode to the end of another season after a frosty clear night. Now I'm just trying to get the thing to post.
Ahha, so it was the firewall where I work (yes most farmers have a day job) that was not allowing me to publish. Pity, I only have time to write when I'm there.