Windfall is the perfect word for autumn when there s a chill at night.
Apples, pears and sour cherries show up in the farmers markets as if a cool gust has blown them in from the Western Slope. The exquisite, tender chanterelles or the robust, meaty boletus rarely are found fresh in stores. They're discovered in the mountains of Colorado. Surely this isn't tomato and sweet pepper territory. Russell and Cindy Shoemaker are growing spectacular vine-ripened tomatoes and pulpy giant sweet peppers in greenhouses.