Hello from the farm!
Precious baby birds spotted in the greenhouse. We love sharing this land with all the creatures, big and small.
Doug and I celebrating 14 years married 🙂
The spectrum of grape tomatoes ripening
Beans are here!
A lot of farming can be summed up in active waiting. No, we’re seldom literally doing nothing, but are always waiting on something- waiting for a crop to grow, waiting for a vehicle to go harvest, waiting for the rain to start- or stop! This week we were blessed with quite a bit of rain, and the beans I have been waiting on are ready! I had been waiting on the time to spray our apple trees with kaolin clay, and I finally found that (for 1 orchard of 2). The grape tomatoes are ripening rapidly and and broccoli is still going strong.
Fittingly Doug and I celebrated our anniversary this week. It’s been 14 years and just like we patiently tend the fields, we have been patiently tending our marriage and family. Nothing has seemed to come quickly and easily (we have a century home that’s been one project after another…and we are far from done). B have been building the farm greenhouse by greenhouse, customer by customer, and crop by crop. Guiding our children through each stage and learning how to communicate and work as a team- it’s all been a slow, patient work, but also a beautiful one. I truly believe the things we wait for, and invest in heavily, end up being some of the most meaningful things of all. What are you patiently plodding toward today? I hope you find what matters and don’t give up.
This is what trucks are made for, no?
Spraying honeycrisp apples with kaolin clay
This Week’s Farm Shares
Simply 6
- 3/4lb bag of beans
- romaine lettuce
- 1lb zucchini
- 1 pint grape tomatoes
- bunch of broccoli
- 1/2 pint raspberries
Half Shares
- 3/4lb bag of beans
- romaine lettuce
- 1lb zucchini
- 1 pint grape tomatoes
- bunch of broccoli
- bunch of carrots
- bunch of beets
- bunch of garlic scapes
- 2 cucumbers
- 1lb baby bokchoy
Whole Shares
- 3/4lb bag of beans
- romaine lettuce
- 1lb zucchini
- 1 pint grape tomatoes
- bunch of broccoli
- bunch of carrots
- bunch of beets
- bunch of garlic scapes
- 2 cucumbers
- 1lb baby bokchoy
- dandelion greens
- bunch green kale
- 1/2 pint blackcurrants
- 1 pint snow peas
- 1 bunch parsley
Fruit
- 6 granny smith apples
- 3 mangoes
- 1.25lbs sungold kiwis
- bunch bananas
- 1/2 pint raspberries (zephyr)
Recipes
Green Beans with Ginger and Garlic
Don’t think garlic cloves are the only way to get that amazing flavour! Just chop your garlic scapes and lightly sautee to release the flavour: no peeling required!
Get the full recipe here: Green Beans with Garlic and Ginger. Don’t overcook the beans- fresh beans are best tender crisp and bright green, not boiled within an inch of their lives!
Indian Split Pea Dal with Dandelion Greens
Indian cuisine offers us some wonderful vegetarian options chock full of greens. Support healthy eyes, healthy weight, and healthy liver by adding some dandelion greens to your diet.
Try the recipe for Indian Split Pea Dal with Dandelion Greens here.
Have a wonderful long weekend!