Quark Fest!

Well, here on the Seacoast proved to be an unseasonably warm day (86 degrees!), but it wasn't enough to keep the localvores, farm folks and kiddies away from their beloved quark! What is quark? Well, you should have come with us today!!! Basically, it's a type of farmer's cheese that originated in Germany and isn't well-known here, so Brookford Farm throws an annual bash to celebrate fall and encourage people to get to know (and buy) this yummy substance.

Fortunately, there's more to do than just gawk at quark, and so we took advantage of the various other fun activities, including eating hot dogs made from the piggies we had visited earlier in the year (nestled on this perch above all the activity)!


A local beekeeper also dropped by with some friends to talk to people!


Happy cows make...happy Charlottes!


And, for the first time (we missed it last year), we were able to snag a couple seats on the hayride to get a tour of the various pastures at the farm.