A chill rain released from the cold dark heavens in the earliest hours of Sunday morning meant kissing goodbye to our warm weather friends of peppers, basil, tomatoes...(although peppers make one last exuberant showing in the online farmstead this week, get yours while they're here, it's their last hurrah!) This means we can, without reservation, fling open our arms in wide warm welcome to the fall crops of kale, radish, leek. We can fire up the burners and hearths and unabashedly simmer, braise, and stew away...letting warm aromas pique our appetites hours before we sit down and sup with relish, gusto, and gratitude for the harvest among us.