Autumn's bounty

The growing season has been productive here in the Pacific Northwest. Not that we grew much in our own garden, but we are loyal customers at the Port Townsend Farmers Market (sic: the apostrophe is officially missing from the name; a cowardly decision if you ask me). Two weekends ago, when Sierra was visiting, we were charmed to find Midori Farm selling the biggest leeks any of us had ever seen.
We bought two and let Soren run around with one. He literally stopped traffic in the corridor as two other shoppers joined me in whipping out their cameras and trying to capture his glee. P.S. Thanks to Kathie M. for the new knitted hat!
Later, Soren marveled at these stalks of chard that are still growing in our raised beds. We added them to a risotto we made incorporating as many local ingredients as we could: foraged chanterelle and cauliflower shrooms, pastured-pig ham from Walker Mountain Meadows Farm just to the south of us, Walla Walla sweet onions. Yum! (I just finished reading The Omnivore's Dilemma and never want to eat factory-farmed meat again...)
And I'll sign off with this picture of Soren having a ball during our county's Farm Tour in September. This was the precise moment I decided I needed a new point-and-shoot digital camera, one that fits into my fanny pack. (I'm still looking.) Again, Soren's photogenics kicked in once he was hoisted up to the wheel of this stationary old tractor at Red Dog Farm. I gave a camera-wielding out-of-state tourist my email address and he sent this adorable thumnail, but by the time I (busy mom that I am) emailed back to ask for a high-resolution version, he said he had deleted the original files. Aaaackk!! Why would anyone do this when computer memory is so cheap??? Oh, well. The moment was captured in digital minature, so at least I can share it here with you.
By the way, we signed up for a Winter CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) "share" from the above-pictured Red Dog Farm and are really looking forward to it starting around Thanksgiving. I'm sure you'll be hearing more about how we cook up all the yummy produce we receive in our weekly box.

Happy eating to you all, and make the Earth happy in your eating, too.