City Gardens 2012 CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) 10 week season starting in late April ending around 4th of July $250 subscription = $25 a week Veggie pick-up Tuesday or Thursday from 4:30pm to 6pm at 3878 N. Adams $50 deposit secures your share. Total due March 1st. There are only 20 shares available and they … Continue reading
Category Archives: Farm and Garden
The Whys and Hows of 2012 City Gardens
For this CSA farmer this is the most challenging time of year. Now is when I am to sell you vegetables I have not yet grown. This is also the magic of Community Supported Agriculture where eaters pay today (winter) for a bounty in the spring. It’s a loan of cash paid back in vegetables! … Continue reading
Farmer Marty Visits Pig Village
During the blazing glory of summer, the veggie farmer is as busy as a wild dog. Free from the confines of the fence, the dog sniffs as much of the outside world as possible, knowing that freedom is only fleeting and adventure must be seized before capture and imminent imprisonment! I’m weeding, watering, harvesting, delivering … Continue reading
Eat More Kale.
Kale is such a wonderful vegetable. I think everyone should eat more of it. Our CSA members may have noticed this, since they get it every week. Here are just a few reasons why I like kale. It grows for many months of the year in our cold climate, and unlike spinach and lettuce, holds … Continue reading
Peas
Fresh peas make everything perfect. Some times we skip a proper breakfast in order to get into the garden before the sun peaks over the eastern hill. Then have peas with our coffee as the sun begins to shine down on the garden. Makes for a pretty good morning and who would have guessed peas … Continue reading
Mizuna Salad with Fish and Mango
Spring is here! And so are the greens from the garden. If you’re a regular reader, you’re probably starting to catch on that I make a lot of salad with fish on it. It’s a quick and delicious dinner, especially when greens are plentiful. Everybody’s eaten lettuce and spinach, but maybe if you’re in a … Continue reading
Oh Parsley
My darling parsley I do love thee. Mmmmm…. “What? You love that damned garnish.” is often what I hear when I profess my love for this sparkly green herb. That’s right it’s an herb, not a garnish. At a Basque restaurant and a French restaurant where I worked, we used it with gusto, sprinkling every … Continue reading
Mutton is Tasty
This is not at all what I planned, but I ended up with a whole lot of mutton. We knew for weeks we were going to have this mutton, so I set out doing some research. Most of my friends had never eaten mutton. I had never knowingly eaten mutton. My grandmother loves it, “oh … Continue reading
Fish with Sorrel Cream Sauce
Sorrel is one of the first spring greens to appear in the garden! I have a wonderful little herb bed right outside my front door. Which is where the herb bed should be, really, as close to the kitchen as possible! The sorrel has been hanging out there for a few weeks now, just waiting … Continue reading
From our Fans (and $20 Greenhouse, part III)
We love fan mail! We recently received a box of love from our fan Paul VanSavage in New York. Paul is a food writer and cook, and has come up with his own line of sauces and spice mixes. He sent us some samples, including 2 jars of barbecue sauce (“sweet and mild,” “hot and … Continue reading
