is Holy Cow! amazing. (Or Holy Purple Cow! as we say at Shared Harvest.) In putting together the smorgasbord of extras for the winter share, I had almost decided to not offer this burrata. It just sounded silly. I couldn't get my Iowan sensibilities around the mix of flavors. Then I tried it. The chili … Continue reading Fiore Di Nonno’s Lavender Honey and Chili Burrata
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Purple Cows in the Winter Share!
Next week Charley Baer hopes to harvest the heirloom Jacob's Cattle beans he's growing for the Shared Harvest CSA. According to Slow Food USA, "Jacob's Cattle bean is also called a Trout bean or an Appaloosa bean, but Jacob’s Cattle bean is the oldest name for the variety. This bean is a Prince Edward Island … Continue reading Purple Cows in the Winter Share!
Picadilly Harvest and Potluck this Saturday
Picadilly Farm is having a Harvest Day & Potluck Lunch this Saturday, September 11, from 10:00 to 2:00. There's sure to be plenty of farm fun and people to meet. There will be some work, too - probably either topping onions or harvesting winter squash. Should be fun. Shared Harvest CSA shareholders are welcome to … Continue reading Picadilly Harvest and Potluck this Saturday
What’s in the winter share,
and will it be enough, or too much, for my family? I spoke with a couple of folks yesterday who were wondering about this. I think the best way to answer the question is to check out the 2009 share content lists: October 2009, November 2009, and December 2009. You might also find shareholder reviews … Continue reading What’s in the winter share,
Putting food by
I bought two twenty-pound boxes of tomatoes at Busa's on Saturday. These turned into 15 quarts of canned tomatoes - half I canned as whole tomatoes and half as sauce. This afternoon I'm going to try drying some grape tomatoes. Here's a site with good information about how to can, freeze, dry, pickle, cure & … Continue reading Putting food by
Weather update: Rain coming!
Last week, I sent a little farm update to shareholders. I wrote, If you've talked with a farmer lately, you know it's been a tad bit dry. Field crews are spending considerable time moving irrigation pipes to make sure everything that needs water get it. Farmer are crossing their fingers, hoping that their wells don't … Continue reading Weather update: Rain coming!
Look what I found at Busa Farm
Busa Farm is one of the farms growing for the multi-farm Shared Harvest winter CSA and it is the site of our Lexington distributions. The farm is a mile from where I live. It's an easy walk to a lovely farm that's a bit of an undiscovered gem in this area. This season there's a … Continue reading Look what I found at Busa Farm
Wandering farmer
One of the few benefits of being a landless farmer is the time to wander from one farm to another. I've been visiting and working on a number of local farms this season. I've found a couple of clever hoophouse design details that I'd like to use on my next hoophouse. Clever door handles and … Continue reading Wandering farmer
Farm Fleet
Every organic farm has a farm fleet -- the equipment needed to make farming economically, environmentally and physically sustainable. On a recent working visit to Riverland Farm, I came across one of the nicest pieces of farm transport I've seen in some time. That's a blue Schwinn in front of a field of garlic; big … Continue reading Farm Fleet
Why Farm?
A friend asked me why I love to farm. I love farming because it's hard (physically) and challenging (intellectually) and it's political and social and fun (except when it's snowing, and then it's an adventure). Unlike so many other occupations where compromises must be made, organic farming is totally consistent with my most deeply held … Continue reading Why Farm?
Shared Harvest CSA 