

Taking Stock
October 14, 2021 This October has an absolute pleasure for fieldwork—cool mornings, warm daytimes, plenty of sun, and very little rain. Almost makes the non-stop rain of June, July, and August seem like a distant memory, right? Not exactly. For us, with so much riding on our ability store a winter’s worth of food, the effects of a wet summer ripple on. All the winter squash, save for the spaghetti, took a hit, but the biggest losses were sustained by the kuri and bonbon; less