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Potato Leek Soup
We believe the Leek is often times an overlooked and underappreciated vegetable in the United States, however, one spoonful of potato leek soup is usually all it takes to convert would be doubters of the leek. We cut most of the tops off our leeks, and store them in a sealed bag in the refrigerator,…
A Late Summer Night’s Walk Out To Our Farm
After a short walk from our house to the farm using the path we created this year We arrive at the farm that looked like this in May Here is the farm now with 6 plots under cultivation: There are beautiful fall brassicas growing Lettuce mix of different ages Beds of swiss chard so pristine it makes…
Market day, August 9th
We just had 2 great markets at Shelby and Alta. We had many new items available at market this week including hot peppersTomatoes (cherry, slicing, salad) Green, purple, and yellow beans Eggplant and Sweet peppers Have a great week!
From our farm to your table…
We’ve gone a while without posting on our blog, so, here comes one now. We took a lot of pictures this week as we harvested and cleaned our produce. It comes out of the soil looking quite a bit different than it does by the time it shows up at market or in your…
First harvest of the 2014 season!
Today, we harvested our first produce of the growing season which was several quarts of strawberries. Normally, we are harvesting leafy greens such as spinach or lettuce mix before strawberries, but this season has not been normal! These are the Junebearing variety “Jewel”. They taste as good as they look. We only have a few…
New equipment!
Today, our brand new sub-compact utility tractor arrived! This is a Kubota BX 2370 with a 60″ mid mount mower, a 50″ roto tiller, and front end loader. Here are some more pictures: It is powered by a 23 HP diesel engine, with close to 18 HP available at both of the Power Take Offs…
Too busy to post!
We’ve been putting every hour of daylight as of late into our market garden, which leaves little time for posts on blogs or facebook, but we’re making some time for that now! The direct seeded crops are coming along nicely, which include peas, radishes, turnips, lettuce mix, arugula, mizuna, carrots, and spinach. Here are some pictures…
Breaking new ground!
Today, the soil finally dried out after the monsoon we had at the end of April. Here’s a picture overlooking the 8.5 acres of land we will be farming: Our Berta Rotary plow and Grillo Tractor did a great job working the soil: We finished our first plot and it looks like this: Our boys had a…
The first day of transplanting!
It’s been a very busy weekend for us. On Saturday, we were at Discovery School for their Earth Day Open House, discussing our farm, our farming practices, and the local food movement: We took some lettuce seedlings of different ages and also let the kids make their own soil blocks and plant lettuce seeds to…
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