10/15/2026
Thursday Morning Update (10/15):
We’ll, we’re getting the rains we’ve needed for a long time now, better late than never! We got about an inch the night before last, and now I just saw we got a little over an inch from yesterday and last night again, so things are really looking up. It’s too late to affect much of the color this fall, but maybe it will help here & there with later-turning trees and bushes.
We have more rain scheduled today, so hopefully we’ll get things back how they should be soon.
Yesterday was a slower day in the General Store, obviously due to the weather, however we still had a decent sales day at the end. The Hickory Co. auction was about how I figured it would be… pretty much a waste of time. I did come back with some cucumbers, and that’s it. The next auction is on Tuesday, and I’d say it will be about the same. Things are really slowing down to a halt now, so whatever you can find in fresh produce… better get!
I really don’t have much to report on today, except that I’ll be leaving tonight on a trip to Hannibal, so I’ll be out for a couple days. Josh and Coley will be here watching the store and farmstead, and Josh will have the royal duties of taking care of “Ms. Ella” our ‘boss kitty’. She stays in the house at night and doesn’t like me to be gone, so Josh gets the ‘privilege’ of staying in our house to be with her while I’m gone. Of course, he’ll have to feed her special food to her, get her perfect mix of warm water & milk for her in the morning, and give her the special treats she gets during the day (not that she’s spoiled or anything, I just like to take care of her).
Ok, for the weather today…
We have a jumbled mix of things today, so much that I’ll call this another “up for grabs” day. The apps are showing mostly clouds, some possible sunshine around noon or so, more clouds, and chances of rain scattered throughout the day (changing every 10 minutes or so!). The high should be around 77º, with light winds from the southeast, an average humidity of 87%, and a UV index of ‘2’. The sunrise will be at 7:21 with the setting due at 6:35pm. And the overnight low should be around 50º.
Tomorrow changes things up with partly cloudy skies, a high in the low to mid 50’s, and light winds from the northwest. That’s sounding more like fall now!
In the General Store today…
The produce lineup in the Barn Room this morning is still good (for the season), with tomatoes (a bit low), fresh cucumbers, fresh bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, some miscellaneous peppers, zucchini squash, yellow squash, spaghetti squash, butternut squash, acorn squash, potatoes, onions, garlic, and fresh sweet potatoes.
There are some baked goods in stock this morning, as well as all of our canned goods, pure raw honey, apple butters, and sorghum. And the meat freezer is good, with newly added, all-natural ground beef, steaks, roasts, and other fine cuts of pasture-grazed, Hereford beef from the local McCorkill Family Farms.
Outside the General Store today…
Our lineup outside this morning is still decent, with a good selection of hardy mums, Rudbeckias, several celosias, a few fall Echinaceas, and several sizes of pumpkins and various gourds ranging from mini to maxi sizes.
I don’t have much more to talk about, other than to let you know that with me being out tomorrow morning, I’ll be skipping the Morning Update that day. So, I’ll be catching things up on Monday morning!
BTW, we’ll be getting a huge, fresh order of baked goods this Friday afternoon, and will be ready for a nice fall Saturday!
Have a GREAT Thursday, Friday, and weekend!!