Greetings!  So what have we been up to?  Memorial Day week we took a week off to Grand Manan Island  an hour and a half off the coast of New Brunswick.  A very interesting, friendly and quiet island (tourist season doesn’t start until July).  They pretty much live by the sea.  Lobster, salmon, scallops, herring and even sea weed.

Since then Brian has dedicated a serious portion of each week to wood preparation for next season.  Needing 12 – 15 cord that has to be dry means you can’t dilly-dally.  And the evaporator got it’s scrub down too so it’s already for next year.

It’s now the Summer Farmers Market season again.  As posted before we will be at the Derry NH market again every Wednesday from 3-7 pm starting July 6th.  But we are also going to be at the market in Newburyport MA every other Sunday morning from 9 am to 1 pm. This is a great market offering lots of great specialty products along with plenty of super fresh produce.  There is a baker, local honey, flavored organic butters, homegrown pork, beef and lamb, NH wine and much more.  It’s just past downtown on the right in the Tannery parking lot as you’d head out towards Plum Island Reservation.  Our next few dates are July 10th, July 24th and Aug. 7th.  If you aren’t familiar with Newburyport it’s a great place to take a ride to.  Lots of shops and restaurants, antique shops and assorted sightseeing boat trips and of course the beach at Plum Island.  Great fishing too if the stripers are in.