Nearing the end of the typical farmer’s market season is always bittersweet. The heat and humidity has taken a toll, and after spending the summer battling various natural problems like flooding, drought, cool temps or high heat, disease pressure, insect destruction, horses rolling in the green beans while rabbit families eat them to the ground, frankly we’re reading for a break.

But we get attached to our market community and miss them in the off-season. We also continue to have eggs and other products, such as a fresh batch of chickens and our pasture-raised turkeys, and other fall crops and winter-only items. It’s an opportunity to keep things fresh and moving, and to keep in touch with some really special people we’ve met through the farmer’s market.

Typically, we handle this by making delivery days. I schedule them so as to simply drop orders off where there’s no visiting to be done, but leave time to catch up with our customers who have a few minutes to spare. Last year we scheduled two big “pick-up” days, which seemed to work well for the market community who had winter-interest but no place to satisfy it.

I’m pleased to announce that this year, Conway, Arkansas Farmer’s Market is moving forward with a Fall and Winter Market, 3 months of every-other-Saturday markets, with convenient timing (for us and our market friends!) of 9 am til noon. This will run October, November and December ! Shaky K Farm will, unfortunately, miss the first date in October, but we’ll post here and on our FB advertising page for delivery set-ups on other dates to keep you in eggs, chicken and other needfuls.

So, as we wind down from a very busy summer, rest assured there are green beans trying desperately to grow at a faster pace than the rabbits can eat them; there are hens free-ranging for bug control and snacking on (IMHO) the best GMO-free feed available; new potatoes are thinking about making an appearance; squash plants are trying to outgrow squash-bug damage; spinach and other fall and winter crops will soon have cool enough temperatures to flourish. And we won’t have to miss your smiling faces all winter like in the olden days.

In the morning, we’ll get up early and head down to Conway, Arkansas Farmer’s Market with tomatoes, peppers, okra, purple hull peas and fresh GMO-free eggs & chicken. We hope we’ll see all our dear customers and make some new acquaintances, and maybe it will be slow enough for a little visit.

Y’all come! ❤

Friday’s harvest, ready to bring to market!