What a wonderful time of year. It’s a great time for brewing your favorite beer and to make some fall wines. Pumpkin wine is a great wine to make. I am making it for the 2nd year in a row. The recipe is labor intensive, but well worth it. I will include it on the blog soon.

Get ready for our 3rd annual Brew-in. Mark your calendars for October 17th. We will start at 10am with a Beer kit class that should last until 12. We will have several all grain brewers set up out at the barn with different methods and techniques to brew beer. Come visit and meet these folks. A lot of them will be Fossil members, which are a beer appreciation group that meets 1 time a month. You can join on this day if you would like. There will be food in the barn. Help yourself, we just ask that maybe you would put a donation in the jar. This day is our fall open house and we hope to see you here, even if you don't drink beer, it will just be a fun day.

I have a lot of new items on the site so be sure and check them out. Sorry about the site lately, I accidently removed most of the items so I had to put them back. Some days it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed! I hope it has everything now. We have new wine kits that you can make all year round that have wonderful flavor. We also have a new hard cranberry lemonade kit and an apple cider kit. Speaking of apples, there is someone you need to know if you want fresh cider or juice to make wine, and that is Bob Capshew. His email is rcapshew@insightbb.com. Shot him an email if you need more information and to receive his “ Incider” newsletter.

Enjoy what Fall has to offer. Take a walk to see the wonderful gifts that are given to us. This is my favorite time of year with the brilliant colors the perfect weather, and the time to wind down after a busy season in the gardens. I hope your year has been fruitful so far and continues to do so. See you at the Brew-in.

                                      Becky Riley