The farm I'm working at this season is having it's first end-of-season on-farm market. Although it's been a tough growing season, we've an abundance of cool weather crops in our fields. We will be harvesting everything for our farmstand sale on Saturday, October 31. What isn't sold will be donated to local hunger relief organizations. … Continue reading Brookwood Farm’s On-Farm Market
Author: Gretta
Thoughts about Food
Michael Pollan's Six Rules for Eating Wisely.Twenty more of his favorites, including "Don't eat egg salad from a vending machine."
What’s in the share?
I wrote this for this week's Brookwood Community Farm newsletter. Thought I'd get a little extra mileage out of it by posting it here. It certainly applies to winter share contents. It feels like there are fewer surprises with fall and winter CSA shares, though perhaps the surprises are just of a different nature: walk-in … Continue reading What’s in the share?
Nourish
I've not yet figured out how to cook for myself as much as I'd like during the growing season. I'm surrounded by all those lovely vegetables day-in and day-out, but just can't find the time or energy to cook much. It doesn't help that since I've begun farming I've become a bit of a food … Continue reading Nourish
Sweet Potatoes
Bruce and Jenny at Picadilly Farm report a bumper crop of sweet potatoes this year. Mmmm ... sweet potato fries, sweet potato puree, potato & sweet potato gratin, sweet potatoes, apples and braising greens, and just plain old sweet potatoes with a bit of butter, cinnamon and maple syrup.We're planning to have 4 pounds of … Continue reading Sweet Potatoes
Cover Crops and more at Riverland Farm
Meghan, at Riverland Farm (one of the Shared Harvest Winter CSA farms) writes about cover cropping at Riverland. Here's the link to their newsletter, Riverland Currants.Scroll down the page for farmer news that will bring a smile to your face!
Cover Crops
Cover crops help us begin to replace the tons (literally!) of organic matter taken from the fields during the growing season. Tons (again, literally!) of compost will also need to be spread before the next growing season if we are to even approach replenishing the soil. As you may be able to tell from this … Continue reading Cover Crops
Organic Apples & Ballerina Princesses
I visited Old Frog Pond Farm in Harvard this weekend with friends Kristin, Linnea and Kai. Today I'll be making apple pies.The OFPF web site says they are the only certified pick-your-own orchard in Massachusetts. This is a sweet little orchard.Here's a picture of Linnea in '07, adorned with a dandelion tiarra. She still likes … Continue reading Organic Apples & Ballerina Princesses
Blessings of Fall Weather
It's cold at Brookwood in the mornings now. We wear fleece and hats while we harvest early in the mornings. The long underwear, wool socks and warm boots will come out of storage soon. Work sharer, Melinda Gammon, snapped these pics of Judy and Simca at the wash station last week. That's Simca, dunking Swiss … Continue reading Blessings of Fall Weather
Tractor Dreams, part 3
This summer, whenever the hydraulics stopped working on the Cub, we just filled 'er up with more. Seemed odd that so much oil kept spilling out of the oil filler; odder yet that the Cub never seemed low on oil, in fact, she seemed a little too full of oil.Upon careful inspection, and a phone … Continue reading Tractor Dreams, part 3
Shared Harvest CSA 