Time? What Time? Summer? What Summer?

The summer is flying by and we can’t believe it’s almost August! So far the month of July has been filled with lots of tomatoes and fresh grown produce, busy market weekends, visitors to the farm, late nights working and did I mention the produce? We’ve been gearing up for our Tomato Day on August 7th and new this week are new solar panels to help improve our energy efficiency. Be looking for those pictures soon! The heirloom tomatoes are beautiful and bountiful as well. Every year we’re amazed at their color and taste. They are truly a treat!

Speaking of treats…because of our long work days, our supper times have moved back considerably in recent weeks as well. The other night after a long day delivering tomatoes and running errands it was obvious that we were in for another late night nosh. We some of our produce in the crisper and I came up with this yummy concoction. It’s not an earth shattering recipe on the difficulty scale but in worked in a pinch and tasted really good with grilled steaks and tomato and mozzarella salad. Give it a whirl! It has 2 of our favorite food groups…Bacon and Butter!
Crisper Fried Corn

4 ears corn- cut off the cob
½ diced green pepper
½ small white onion diced
4 tblsp. Bacon bits (don’t skimp, use the real ones)
2 tblsp. Butter
Add all ingredients to a frying pan and heat until butter is melted and vegetables are warm throughout. Enjoy!

Sometimes it's just easier to look...

The past few weeks have gone by very quickly and luckily we've captured lots of it with photos. So without going into great detail with lots of words we thought pictures could better explain the progress on the farm!

Sweet Corn is here! And it's super tasty! Everyone has enjoyed it, including our dog! We will have it ALL Summer long!

Our eggplants are dark purple, beautiful and yummy. I'm currently seeking a recipe to wrap, roll or stuff it with something really fatty!

Pumpkins! Orange, white, green, warty, baby and cute. Our early patches have taken off and are looking great. The vines are officially growing together which means they will be one their way very soon. Fall is coming which is kind of a scary thought considering at the end of everyday we are drenched in sweat from a hard day's labor in the summer heat.

And tomatoes...the pride of our produce. We will grow litterally tons of the juicy, flavorful, big, small, yellow, RED, green and purple fruits. Our varieties are extensive as my jewelry collection and we love them all! Ron, aka "Dad" is pictured here sorting, grading and cleaning our first large picking of the season. This will be a familiar sight as our summer on the farm continues! Now, onto trying to keep up with everyone...that's a job within itself!

Ready to Rock!

This is by far one of our favorite times of the year. The past couple week’s we’ve been running 90 to nothing, hence the gap in blogging, and gearing up for what we would call the super bowl of our year otherwise known as PRODUCE SEASON! This is the time of the year of 23 second phone calls about 15 times a day, eating on the run, sweating, suntans and little sleep. While other’s vacation during the summer we’re planting, picking and packing our goods for deliveries and markets. Some days I really feel like we’ve lost our minds but it’s completely worth it. Especially when our customer’s enjoy their first Fahrmeier Farms tomato, make a big batch of salsa using our peppers, onions, tomatoes and herbs or enjoy one of our fresh picked berries.
This week we will be at the Farm to Table event at the University of Missouri- Columbia (MIZ- ZOU! Sorry...had to get that in there!) promoting and selling our veggies and goods. We’re hosting a wedding at the winery at the farm and will be at our usual farmer’s markets in KC this weekend too. It’s so much fun meeting lots of new people and telling them about our farm and what we do.

Above is a pic of Bret working the fields and prepping to plant more pumpkins...Yes, it's already time to think about the fall.