Overland Park Farmers Market

It was probably my last time this year at the Farmer's Market in Overland Park. It really is a great way to start your day and bring you back to where you should be. It is fall and you could tell today that the market's days are numbered for this year.

Several of the vendors had winter coats with hoods up this morning. When you get there really early in October, it must be cold. The number of vendors is dwindling now. Those with summer products only are gone. There were a lot of apples for sale this week. Along with apples, we saw sweet potatoes, squash, pumpkins, and several booths had bittersweet. Bittersweet makes great fall and winter decorations. It grows as a vine which tends to twist around itself and may be used for wreaths and other fall craft projects!

We wanted to purchase some squash and found many varieties. I even bought some radishes. I had to get a couple of the last heirloom tomatoes, we will enjoy those tonight. There were pumpkins EVERYWHERE!!!

Winter is coming to Kansas, the days are getting shorter. We even saw a wooly worm. There seems to be several theories about whether wooly worms can predict the winter weather. One theory is that if the wooly worm has more black than reddish brown, the winter will be severe. I won't say that I believe this, but last year, most of the wooly worms at my house were mostly black. And you know what last winter was like. Fortunately, this year's crop seems to have more reddish brown than last year!

It was a beautiful day today, I raked leaves in Christine's yard. Planted mums. What a great fall day in Kansas.

Mike and Christine