Not wild, but almost, the partridge are red legged and specially reared for the season. We walk on stubble fields where the birds feed on fallen grain and wide margins are planted with a mixture of wild flowers, herbs and more providing cover and feed for both the game birds and wild life alike. However, we look forward to our first partridges shot on the farm towards the end of September. They are wild, never reared, living on the heather moorlands of the Scottish Highlands, northern England and Wales. Game is also firmly on the menu with grouse, partridge, pheasant and wild deer. At Thyme, we are delighted to be welcoming both Olia Hercules who will be showing us fermenting as a way of preserving the autumn harvest and Kylie Newton who will be taking a class with recipes from her book 'The Modern Preserver'. It is a time of plenty, of gluts, a time to preserve, pickle and pot so that our larders are full and ready for the winter. The most significant day of the year is when the fruits of their labours are safely gathered in and it is time to celebrate abundance at the Harvest Festival. One example is that our native trees are fruiting 18 days earlier than a decade ago, a clear indication that our climate is changing.įall is a rather lovely name for autumn, referring to the lowering of night temperatures, shorter days and the falling autumn leaves of golden yellows, oranges, reds and browns.īut most importantly for farmers, autumn only starts when the harvest is safely in. Carefully recording happenings in nature have shown significant trends are emerging. The time the swallows depart for Africa, the changing colours and falling of the first leaves, the appearance of ripe sloes, elderberries and blackberries are different every year. It is charming, complex and difficult to predict and recording these changes, of plant and animal behaviour, is known as phenology. However, the Woodland Trust has been collecting information that gives us a more fluid and natural definition of the seasons. So, astronomically and to be exact, this year Autumn started in the Northern hemisphere at 10.21am on the 22nd September when the sun crossed over the celestial equator into the Southern hemisphere.Īstronomical autumn is therefore about three weeks later than the meteorological autumn both are fixed in the calendar and don’t take into account what is actually happening in nature. But we often have wonderfully warm early Septembers that feel much more like summer than autumn, so perhaps the astronomical definition using equinoxes and solstices, the position of the earth relative to the sun is a better one. The simplest is the meteorological method by which the year is equally divided into four, each season three months long, Autumn being September, October and November. Want more Ox? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram or subscribe to our newsletter.There are several different ways in which the first day of Autumn is defined, the date varying significantly depending upon which method you choose. Thyme and Season’s products are available for browsing here.Ĭheck out Thyme and Season‘s website for more information about their history and products. In 2009, Ella Mae’s grandson and his then-girlfriend (now wife), Garret and Kaitlin, took over the business, changed it’s name, and set up shop in Issaquah. It traces its roots to Richmond, B.C., where Ella Mae Durkee began producing jams, jellies, and syrups for her business, Sugar Plum Fancies. Thyme and Season is an Issaquah-based producer run by a husband and wife. There is no whole season share available at this time. Thyme and Season’s products will be available for purchase week-by-week. According to Thyme and Season’s website, the company strives “to source the most local and highest quality ingredients to produce our products for you, and if we can get some kudos for being thoughtful of others and the environment in our decisions than that is what makes this all worth while, this is our mission.” Thyme and Season produces soup and seasoning mixes for dips, cheeses, meatloaf, and hummus. We are pleased to announce that soup and seasoning mixes from local producer Thyme and Season will be available for purchase all season long through our CSA.
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