A honey bee works on a cosmos blossom at the entrance to the Brattleboro Area Farmers Market. This is a perfect reminder of exactly what we have to thank for the blessings of the harvest. This entry will also include frost reports from the surrounding farms. We had a few chilly mornings this weeks, which in the current scheme of things, were nice. 
Crisp sunlight and muted foliage frame an early shopper at the Brattleboro Area Farmers Market Saturday. It was the last market of the summer.
Peaches, yellowfoot, and hedgehog mushrooms foraged from Halifax Hollow. Folks in the Hollow reported no frost during the week.
Early sunshine coffee at the Market.
Rebecca Nixon of Old Orchard Farm in Westminster sets out beets. She reported a low temperature of 38 degrees during the week; no frost.
Taylor Acquaviva of Livewater Farm & Dairy in Westminster West clears the window of a cheese display case, which includes fresh and smoked mozzarella. He said the farm “barely” had a frost this week.
More than vine-ripened tomatoes awaited visitors to High Meadow Farm in Westminster West. Folks from High Meadow reported ice on windshields this week. 
Beautiful black garlic from High Meadow Farm. 
Tomatoes in muted sunlight. These are from High Meadow Farm.
Emily Amanna of Wild Shepard Farm in Athens says she prefers to harvest early Brussels sprouts after a frost, which occurred this week on the farm, located in a hollow.
Late-season broccoli have better flavor harvested after a frost, according to Emily Amanna of Wild Shepard Farm in Athens, where these are from.
Precious late-season strawberries from Dwight Miller Farm in East Dummerston. Strawberries at this time if year are said to be sweeter than those in June.
Plum tomatoes from Dwight Miller Farm. Dwight Miller reported no frost this week at the farm in East Dummerston.
Dahlias from Deer Ridge Farm in Guilford. Folks at Deer Ridge said they had a light frost this week.
The Knucklehead variety grown at High Meadow Farm yields a distinctive, wart covered pumpkin.
Jim Commentucci 