Author: Peter Masi

Click here to read Catalog 265.

well, file last updated August 1 – mid-October – uber busy times here – garden nearly done – no frost as yet – still picking some peppers, celery, tomatillo, collards – dug small crop potatoes – tomato plants lookin’ dead – ‘nuff corn to call it a season – small crop of butternut squashes – got on roof to clean chimney – mostly stacked 4 cords of firewood and redid stove gaskets somewhat successfully and been burning nights – when not pushing to publish catalog in hand, been putting in time getting hacienda ready to paint – been bit too long – also got carpenter on some long overdue repairs – rotted or malfunctioning kitchen casement windows replaced with sliders – son Zach and wife Lauren now proud parents of Talia Romana Masi – call me Gramps – all going well there – 2 fairs in 2 weeks – fall Allentown then Boxboro – next show January – hopefully time to produce few more catalogs – new acquisitions abound – still working through pamphlets from Reese Co warehouse – buying at shows perhaps too productive- so here’s catalog 265– off to Eagle for hard copies and PDF distribution – sent with  hopes you’ll be amused, perhaps appetized  – at your service –   peter

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Click here to read Catalog 259. well, file last updated late May – it’s october – garden winding down – spring as droughty as last was wet – bunny population explosion – food chain issue – ignored my 2 x 4” wire grid fence which has kept out deer, raccoons, groundhogs – ate through plastic mesh added at ground level – most distressing – eliminated greens, beans – got tomato, pepper, eggplants, squash, cucumbers established – shunned basil, mustard – few other strategies also futile – planted some lettuce in raised bed by house – tomato blight slow to show – record tomato crop – bunnies ate low-hanging tomato, pepper eggplant, but spared higher fruit – summer squash produced before succumbing – small cucumber crop – got some pea plants past bunnies – got enough basil for some pesto – enjoyed usual tomato-based fare: sandwiches, gazpacho, salsa, tomato-basil pasta sauce – canned close to 30 quarts so far, more on way – Zach married Lauren Branchini in at Osmica, Spring Spring Trail Farm, Lansing, NY, July 1 – Jewish ceremony for 120 or so mostly heathens proud father of groom there with longtime friend Edie Brown – many Masis in house – didn’t lose a doctor, gained a lawyer – she works for Cornell in HR – honeymoon in Azores – already sharing lovely house in Newfield, NY – quick visit Labor Day weekend – met new puppy Milo – in training – turned 69 on August 5 – got COVID and had email hacked on birthday – latter remedied with some sibling handholding – former lingers via brain fog and fatigue – avoid if possible – 3.5 cords firewood now stacked for looming heating  season – no threat of frost so far – burned rest of firewood, then ran furnace – fall show season kicked off over weekend  with Boxboro – schedule bit crowded with shows at UMass, Allentown, Boston, Northampton – herein usual masi mix – hoping to achieve 260 prior to Boston show  – meanwhile, yes off to Eagle for hard copies – last of breed to have printed there – with hopes you’ll be sufficiently amused to acquire – at your service –  peter