All my letters from Katherine are full of wonderfully quirky things, but this one is special.
Katherine writes: This is to announce the Grand Opening of our new Farm Stand and Co-op this coming Saturday, July 17th, noon till 4… We will show you around the naturally grown gardens of which there are 3 large ones. There wil be some snacks and beverages on hand. The stand will be open Saturday and Sunday. Pete Peterson (of Tapawingo fame) will be making some things every week like cookies and scones for sale in the Farm stand. So stop by to say HI~~Katherine P.S. Forgot to give you the addresss of the Verdant Ground Co-op and Farm Stand ( I’m tired) It is 7130 Old Dixie Highway (or The Flat Road) Eastport, Michigan.
Now here’s the thing. Katherine and Steve (that’s Steve under the hat in the photo) garden the way Charles Dickens wrote—obsessively and to good effect. They are also the Canners of Pepper Water, and thus revered around the Writing Studio and Bait Shop.
And here’s the other thing. Well, this is for those of you from Away, as everyone around here who read the first paragraph has already walked, cycled or driven over to wait in line for Saturday’s opening. Because Pete Peterson? He’s a chef the way Monet was a painter, giving you new ways to taste the wonders that are right outside your door.
I believe I may have mentioned that I like living in Antrim County because this is where the food is. Did I mention that it’s really, really good food?
Torch Lake Views 
Carsten
July 14, 2010
It is ½8 in the morning, and you’re trying to make me hungry!!
Well it will take some time before there are potatoes under those plants, so I’ll find something else to eat.
Gerry
July 14, 2010
I will be astonished if there are ever potatoes under those plants.
Now it’s 8:30 in the morning here, and I am going to go have breakfast at Chris and Sonny’s.
Carsten
July 14, 2010
If they are not potatoes Gerry, then what are they?
Gerry
July 14, 2010
Ahem. The Blogger wishes to announce that she has erred. By all accounts (see below), those are potato plants, and I am sure they will produce many, many potatoes. My only excuse is that I am so hungry for tomatoes that I looked at their cousins and saw only pointy little tomato leaves. I could just smell tomato plants. Ah well. It was about time for another in the Monthly Correction series.
And you know what the really bad part is? Over breakfast I discovered that I had misspelled Crystal’s name in the post about the Mongolian dinner she and Odi prepared. Then I called Odi “Crystal.” I am a disgrace. So now there are TWO Monthly Corrections in one day and we’re not even halfway through the month yet.
Carsten
July 14, 2010
🙂
P.j. grath
July 14, 2010
You don’t have faith in potato plants? Mine are flourishing and flowering, both in the garden and in the compost pile, and I expect to harvest potatoes from both spots. Yes, fresh Michigan produce is the best. My grandfather never could grow tomatoes in Florida to match the ones he grew against his Midwest garden wall.
Katherine
July 14, 2010
We got lots of potatoes last year and we have about twice as many plants this year and I am also hungry but not for potatoes yet.
Katherine
July 14, 2010
I have a stupid computer question (or a stupid human question about computers)… How do you change your little picture after your posts? I get this generic “quilt square” and you get something cool!
Gerry
July 14, 2010
Katherine, you can sign up for a little picture at Gravatar.Com. (Thank goodness I know more about this stuff than I do about produce.)
Gerry
July 14, 2010
OK, everybody, I confessed my grievous errors in the Reply to Carsten and I’m not repeating myself.
Katherine
July 14, 2010
You know Gerry, we are a fairly forgiving bunch here and we DO forgive you!! 🙂
Gerry
July 14, 2010
And I rely upon that. Thank you.
Cindy Lou
July 18, 2010
Thanx for asking about the little pictures, Katherine….I’ve been wondering about the same thing! And now I know….. 🙂