Cool weather delayed both the growing and the ripening of the watermelons this year, but today we finally pulled in a good sized pile of red seedless watermelon. We also have red watermelon with seeds, and sweet yellow watermelons. They will be available at Farmers’ Markets (Princeton and Peoria on Saturday; Princeton and LaSalle on Tuesday) and at our farm stand.

We picked a good amount of strawberries this morning to bring to Princeton and LaSalle farmers’ markets. This will very likely be the last we will bring to market this year. Self-serve u-pick will continue a few more days. Picking is amazingly good for this late in the season.

We plan to just bring bakery goods to the first LaSalle farmers’ market on June 2. We hope to have strawberries and more produce next Tuesday.

We plan to be at the first 2009 La Salle Farmers’ Market on June 9. Market is from 3:00 to 6:00 PM. We plan to bring salad greens, spinach, popcorn, Plow Creek Barkery goods, and hope to have some strawberries ripe by then.

This Saturday, October 11, from noon to 4 PM, there will be a festival in LaSalle, including music, farmers’ markets, and craft vendors. We will be there with Plow Creek Bakery goodies, red raspberries, pumpkins, squash, and more fresh produce.