it always feels like summer officially starts when i eat my first tomato from the farm. this morning i made an egg sandwich with some fat slices of tomato and a handful of fresh basil. it was fantastic. maybe tomorrow for breakfast we'll make some buckwheat pancakes and add a bit of shredded zucchini just because we now have that too. there are many jokes about zucchini. have you ever heard the joke about it that goes like this... in the summer, be sure to lock your car doors when parking or else someone may fill it with zucchini. yes, zucchini can be abundant and for some, it is tiresome vegetable. i never seem to get bored with it. one of my favorite ways to use it is to shred a lot of it and add to homemade black bean chili to thicken it up.

markets are going well. we enjoy the pace and are meeting some great people both customers and other vendors. i imagine in a few seasons, we'll really feel at home. we just learned of some exciting news... both burlington and middlebury will be adding winter farmers markets. i don't have many details about the middlebury market. the burlington market will be held once per month from november to march. since this is only four markets, we'll probably go and just bring a ton of black beans. we have a lot of friends and family in burlington, it would be fun to catch up with some familiar faces at this winter market. hopefully, these two winter markets will have different dates and we will be able to make it to both of them.