Everybody has a favourite part of a Fall Fair. For some it is the horse show, or tractor pull or the rides or the dance. For me it is the work that people do at home, working all year on a beautiful quilt or sweater. Watering and weeding to produce a beautiful squash or tomato. And getting out grandmother's recipe book, stained on the very best pages, to make the chili sauce or apple pie or strawberry jam.
Then going to the fair and looking at the competition, holding your breath to see if there is a ribbon on your jar.
As we drive to the Fair we see pumpkins and cornstalks in the field and tomatoes and squash for sale at the end of the laneway. Turkeys are enjoying their last few weeks before Thanksgiving, and you could eat far more than your apple a day to keep the doctor away. But come February, you will be happy that you made all that applesauce, pickled those beets, canned those tomatoes and froze the corn. It is a long winter, and good local food will come out of the pantry and the cold cellar and freezer. Put it away now while it is plentiful and you'll be smiling all winter.
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