Hard frost hit the Pioneer Valley this week spelling the end of summer crops, but the beginning of wonderful for many of our fall and winter foods which get their best flavor and storage quality after such cold temperatures. The fields are getting tucked into bed with their cover crop covers now nicely green and … Continue reading Sweet and hardy after the frost! Late October Farm Share
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3 week menu for our December shares
Another fabulous menu customized to our share contents, put together by Jackie Starr. Thanks, Jackie, for the great ideas! WEEK 1 Simple mushroom barley soup, or America's test kitchen version. Salad with greens and Caesar or vegan Caesar dressing. Beet pesto pizza, I made this recently, big hit. It's earthy -- serve with … Continue reading 3 week menu for our December shares
Last Deep Winter (February 7) Share Box
Brrr....It's a crazy windy day out there. The upside might be that some of the snow from this past week will be blown off of the low tunnels at Riverland so that there aren't mountains to dig into come harvest day this week. Remember these photos from last month's share blog? Well just imagine what … Continue reading Last Deep Winter (February 7) Share Box
Deep Winter Share–fresh picked spinach!
Here's how farmers in New England harvest spinach fresh from the field in the middle of winter! Looking forward to the spinach in the share tomorrow, just harvested at Riverland this week. See also Jackie Starr’s Fabulous menu suggestions customized for our January share (click on this link to see it.) … Continue reading Deep Winter Share–fresh picked spinach!
First 2014 Winter Share Pickup Saturday in Arlington
Also check out shareholder Jackie Starr’s menu suggestions and recipe links, customized for this month's share! Share contents for Saturday, October 25, 2014: Use these within a week or so (or blanche or make a dish for freezing): Lettuce-1 head, from Riverland Bok Choy—1 head of large, from Riverland 2 broccoli or Romanesco, from Riverland … Continue reading First 2014 Winter Share Pickup Saturday in Arlington
Root Veggies head to the border, then overseas…
Thanks to our guide, Jackie Starr...departures and also returns to good ol' NE comfort foods. Shared Harvest Menu week of Feb. 2 from Jackie Starr Looking ahead to our last pickup on February 8…below is what will most likely be in the share box, plus storage tips. Share Contents for Deep Winter Pickup, Saturday, Feb. … Continue reading Root Veggies head to the border, then overseas…
December 11 share
Saturday was the last distribution of Shared Harvest CSA's three month winter share. Everything in the photo, except the cookbooks and brewing hard cider, was in the share. Here are the details. Picadilly Farm Parsnips, 2 pounds Butternut, 7 pounds (2-3 pieces) and 'bonus' squash - acorn in this share. White potatoes, 6 pounds. One … Continue reading December 11 share
What’s cooking at my house
In my household, we have a post-distribution routine that has served us well over the past several years. It actually starts several weeks before the first distribution. We invite friends and neighbors to eat dinner with us on the Sunday evening following the first share distribution. We had a wonderful feast on Sunday: delicata squash, … Continue reading What’s cooking at my house
Dehydrated grape tomatoes
I dehydrated three pounds of grape tomatoes in my oven last week. I think they turned out well. It's definitely a good idea to make sure the tomatoes are all the same size. I included a handful of slightly larger tomatoes in the batch and they did not dehydrate at the same rate as the … Continue reading Dehydrated grape tomatoes
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
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