Today promises to be a very warm day in March… we are enjoying the warmth and sun, and praying that it doesn’t fortell another hot summer like last year. Meanwhile, the farm is a hotbed of activity; we planted 87 fruit trees last Wednesday and Thursday, worked in the greenhouse on Friday seeding tomatoes, peppers [...]
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Harvest for March 13, 2012
Posted in Farm News, Photos, This week's Harvest on March 13, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Meatless Winter Borscht
Posted in Recipes, This week's Harvest on January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
To make Borscht, dice up 4 white potatoes, place them in a stock pan with water and bring to a boil. Slice Napa cabbage or other cabbage thinly, place about 2-3 cups in pan with the potatoes and boil until the potatoes are soft. Meanwhile grate 5 med carrots, 6 med beets and chop up a [...]
Harvest for December 13, 2011
Posted in About Produce, This week's Harvest, tagged bell pepper, CSA, greens, lettuce, onion, salad, spinach, sweetpotato, turnip, Winter CSA on December 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Greetings from the very damp farm. Looks to be a wet harvest day, with no sunshine in sight. No problem though, at least it’s not 14 degrees, like it was last week. The greenhouse crops are still growing pretty well, and the lettuce, spinach, and choi are all coming from in there this week. The [...]
Winter CSA Harvest #4, Nov 15
Posted in This week's Harvest on November 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve been enjoying the unseasonably warm weather, and so have the vegetables. We have wonderful fall veggies coming in all over the place – a welcome treat after the harshness of summer. In today’s share, we have: Head lettuce of some variety yet to be determined. It may be Magenta Summercrisp, Jericho Romaine or some [...]
Swiss Chard
Posted in About Produce, Photos, Recipes, This week's Harvest, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized, tagged nutritional info, Recipes, swiss chard on November 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Swiss Chard, also known as silverbeet, perpetual spinach, spinach beet, crab beet, seakale beet, and mangold, is a favorite among dark leafy green lovers! Chard was indigenous to the Mediterranean and is referred to as Swiss because of the 16th century Swiss botanist who wrote a description of it. Chard can be cultivated outdoors from spring to fall, but we [...]
Winter Harvest #2, November 1, 2011
Posted in About Produce, This week's Harvest, tagged arugula, bell pepper, CSA, greens, onion, radish, salad, spinach, sweetpotato, tomato, Winter CSA on November 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In today’s harvest we have the following: Spinach- this is the highlight of all winter shares if you ask me, I love our winter spinach, which is sweeter and has more heft than spring spinach, and is a delicious addition to any salad. Head Lettuce- Magenta Summercrisp head lettuce, large delicious heads of lettuce, perfect [...]
Welcome to all our 2011-2012 winter csa members
Posted in About Produce, Farm News, This week's Harvest on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to the Winter CSA. If you are receiving this e-mail, you are signed up for our winter Community Supported Agriculture share, and today is the first pick-up a the farm. Your share will arrive on your doorstep between 5 and 7p.m. today. In today’s harvest we have the following: Spinach- this is the [...]
Bringing Home the Harvest 10-11-11
Posted in This week's Harvest on October 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here we are, the penultimate week of the summer season and suddenly, the tomatoes are trying to make up for lost time. This morning, we picked 71 pints of SunGold cherry tomatoes! I think our previous record was something like 30 pints. Looking at the 10 day forecast, it looks as if we might be [...]
Bringing in the Harvest 10-4-11
Posted in This week's Harvest on October 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a lovely day to be farming again today, and we’re very grateful for the mild, sunny weather. Additionally, though we haven’t had rain for a bit, the ground is wet, enabling our irrigation to keep up. With the cool nights we’ve been having, we’re getting to the end of our outdoor warm-season crops, like [...]
Sarah’s Spicy Summer Squash Bean Salad with Lime Vinaigrette
Posted in About Produce, Farm News, Recipes, This week's Harvest, tagged Beans, cardamon, carrots, cheese, CSA, greens, onion, salad, summer, yellow squash, zucchini on September 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
OK it is now officially fall, but I have been meaning to post this, and since summer squash went home in the CSA baskets today, it motivated me to get it done! This salad is made at least 2 hours before serving, but as much as 24 hrs in advance. Feel free to mix up the type of [...]
