What’s at Market? Week of May 26th
Monday, May 26th, 2008 Posted in General Randomness | 2 Comments »We had a cool little friend hang out with us on our backporch yesterday. We named him Fred. Nice little guy. Slept all day. Around 9:30 he woke up, started to clean himself, and then flew out the back door. We ...
keep planting
Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in General Randomness | 1 Comment »Friday, the crew planted out thirteen 400 foot beds. That's a lot of food. Granted much of it was summer squash, winter squash, and cukes- which are planted one row per bed 2 feet apart- but it's still a lot ...
What’s at Market? Week of May 18th
Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in What's @ Market ? | 3 Comments »Hot! That's all I have to say. I think we made it through the heat wave. We're hoping all the veggies do the same. We lost a round of broccoli to bolting and the flea beatles have come out in ...
Oh it’s been hot!
Saturday, May 17th, 2008 Posted in General Randomness | No Comments »Irrigate Everything. A lot. That's been our mantra for the last three days. I think we're all recovering still from the heat wave. I've noticed that everyone has been operating a little slower over the past few days. Tuesday is supposed to be ...
Recipes- Week of May 11th
Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in General Randomness | No Comments »Oh Kale,how I love thee- GREENS AND BULGUR GRATIN 1/2 cup coarse bulgur* 2 pounds assorted greens such as kale, collard, escarole, spinach, Swiss chard, and/or mustard greens 6 large garlic cloves, minced or 1 bunch green garlic! 3 tablespoons olive oil 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan ...
What’s at Market? Week Of May 11th
Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in What's @ Market ? | No Comments »It's going to be 98 degrees this Friday. And this morning it frosted. Go figure...... We're ready for anything these days. So things are finally growing and we have some great stuff heading to market: Salad Mix Spinach Arugula Bok Choy Braising Mix !!! Collards Red Russian Kale Curled Kale Dinosaur ...
Busy Times
Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in General Randomness | 2 Comments »This is always the busiest time of the year. Planting everything and weeding everything. But luckily we have a top notch crew to contend with all of this. This allows me to get other things done that normally might be ...
What’s at market? Week of May 4th
Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in What's @ Market ? | No Comments »The weather is finally cooperating with us. Sweet! Things are really starting to grow now and as we assumed it looks as if a lot of successions of veggies will end up being ready at the same time. This means ...
Out in the covercrop
Sunday, May 4th, 2008 Posted in Farm | 2 Comments »Melanie, Demian, and I were out checking the covercrop today to see where it was at in growth. We'll be mowing it down and tilling it in this week. You can see the height on the oats (the grassy looking ...
