NowHere Farms

  When Cletus talks about our Carolina Reaper peppers, he usually refers to them as "Stoopit hot".  This past week, we have experienced "Stoopit hot" weather, and I imagine most of you have as well.   Pumpkins in general struggle in extreme heat.  Seminole pumpkins look around and say, "Bring it on!"  Honestly, they thrive in any weather conditions.  We have several plants which survived the (unexpected) winter weather we had.  They thrive in cold, heat, drought, and flood.  They grow several inches each day (that is not an exaggeration; Cletus got out and did measurements over the course of several days and the conclusion was 9 inches in 3 days). Right now our back area is covered.  Opening the quail condo has become a challenge.   The trailer?  Well, I'm sure it is in there somewhere.    The barn cats love to use it as cover when they are hunting.   The pollinators are very busy collecting pollen...

This past Saturday was another day at the Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fishermens Market.  It was also quite hot, particularly under a tent outside.  We knew it would be and we have always understood our booth space would shift from in the shed to out on the grass.  But this week was a bit more than our bodies could physically handle.   Even bare feet and ice water couldn't help! Due to some health issues, we have had to make the decision to take a hiatus from the heat on Saturdays.  It is our plan to be back at the market at some point in September.  Until then, we will be focusing more on other ways to get our goods to you. We continue to have eggs (do we ever!  I gathered  seventy-two  Sunday evening!).  We have live quail and processed quail meat.  I am still making English Muffins ~ both regular and gluten-free ~ and ciabatta buns.  We still have Seminole pumpkins, okra, and a variety of peppers.  I am still weavi...

  This week at the market we will have: Cucumbers (very limited supply and if you do not buy them I'm having cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches all next week) PEPPERS!  We have a lot and a good variety to include  Scotch Bonnet Carolina Reaper Bell Poblano Hot Banana Biscayne (a Cubanelle variety) Seminole pumpkins!! (Yes, I know it is July but Seminoles have a mind of their own and have decided they do not care about the calendar, they are READY) Quail Eggs (always!) Whole processed quail  English Muffins Gluten-free sourdough English muffins * Ciabatta Buns (I remembered the salt this week!) 14-day sweet cucumber pickles bookmarks ** *My gluten-free muffins are NOT  made in a gluten-free kitchen.  If you have celiac disease, or if you have a serious reaction to wheat products,  these are not safe for you .  I'm sorry!  However, if this is your situation please let me know and I will be more than happy to share the recipe with you. **All b...

    For a lot of years each fall when we discuss how the garden went over the past year, Cletus has said something along the lines of, "I am not trying watermelons any more!".  For a lot of years plus one, each winter when we are planning the next year's garden he says something along the lines of, "I am going to give watermelons one more try.  If they do not work this year, I am done with them". This year we have used landscape fabric in the garden and it has been helpful for things we often struggle to grow.  It keeps the weeds down, it keeps the pests down, and it keeps the water in the soil.  A few weeks ago we were looking over the garden and realized there was a watermelon over on one section of the fabric!   The variety is not a seedless hybrid but just a good, old-fashioned, seed-heavy, seed-spitting watermelon.  While it is not as sweet as some seedless varieties, it has that extra we-raised-it-ourselves-in-our-own-garden flavor. ...