Aberfoyle Market Association mtg tonight

Big turnout of current and new vendors at the Aberfoyle Farmers' Market Association! It may not seem like a big deal, but this is close to the population of Aberfoyle. On a serious note, one reason our market has relatively few grievances between vendors is because of vendor meetings like this one, where participants get the idea that they're part of a bigger thing. That's the market manager, Matthew Bulmer, on the far right.

Cayenne to the Resue

No, Cayenne is not a character in a comic book western. At the suggestion of garlic farmer Al Cowan, I put a light sprinkling of cayenne, the spice, on the soil where I planted garlic. We live in the city, and the garlic I planted last week in small pots got dug up by squirrels. So I've re-plannted it, this time with a dash of cayenne in the hope that the odour will keep away urban pests.

The garlic I've got growing at Whole Circle Farm doesn't have this problem.

The Garlic is Emerging

Simon deBoer just sent this pic of his garlic.  Must check on my garlic in the next week.