Book recommendations

When we're not weeding or feeding we spend our free time reading about beginner farmers, farming, and food and history.

Written by the chef of Blue Hill at Sone Barns, The Third Plate looks at what we're eating and what it all means.  Dan Barber comments on food by looking at the farming that brings it to his kitchen.

This is a series of essays on farming philosophy and sustainability.  This collection of works is base on Mr Kirschenmann's experiences on his North Dakata farm.

Farms with a Future is a how-to guide for the beginner small farmer.  Rebecca Thistlethwaite has put together important perspectives from farm owners and managers accross the country to bring home lessons all focused on sustainability.

Judy


Recipes

Here are some of my favorite recipes.  Needless to say, they're all better with fresh, local ingredients.

If you're a fan of lamb then you can find a lot more recipes on the fans of lamb web site.

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Waste not...

Posted by Marc Kratzschmar on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, In : Vegetables 

Here's a really good idea from those darn Californians!  A recent item on "California Report" talks about a way to use social media to help reduce vegetable waste.  After our recent frost the asparagus production came to a bit of a  halt. But things are back up and running.  I don’t think we have a pallet yet– but we sure do have asparagus.

Here's the link to California Report


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This year's garden

Posted by Marc Kratzschmar on Monday, March 4, 2013, In : Vegetables 

It’s said that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.  But we’re not focused on lions or lambs right now. We’re wildly finishing up seed and tree orders for the year. We’re late (as usual) but one feature still makes it fun – seed catalogs.  These magazines are to gardeners what cooking shows are to eaters.  They are visual gold.  Their pages promise a perfect garden, big enough to feed twenty with dead straight rows, no weeds and unfailing light rains every three or f...


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Blame it on the weeds

Posted by Marc Kratzschmar on Friday, July 22, 2011, In : Vegetables 


First it was the cress. Lovely little bitter leaves to spice up salads. They were such delicate little leaves. Then salad greens. They were wonderful mixed green and red ruffles of lettuce that showed that we could raise our own food.



Then the bok choy ripened. It was all going so well. Those were the good old days.



NOW, it’s squash, and beets, and collard greens. The tomato plants are weighed down with green fruit that threaten to ripen any day now. The other tomato plants we started as se...
Continue reading ...
 

Asparagus

Posted by Marc Kratzschmar on Wednesday, June 8, 2011, In : Vegetables 


You can’t be a small farmer without a garden. So we put one in. And, we are in this for the long haul, so the first priority was to get our asparagus started. Asparagus is an interesting plant. Like the hops, it’s a rhizome – the root system goes down deep and evades any damage from winter for many years. A well established asparagus patch will be productive for 20 years or more. We’re hoping for the “or more” but I figure we have time to see what happens.

Asparagus is planted i...


Continue reading ...
 
 

Showing category "Vegetables" (Show all posts)

Waste not...

Posted by Marc Kratzschmar on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, In : Vegetables 

Here's a really good idea from those darn Californians!  A recent item on "California Report" talks about a way to use social media to help reduce vegetable waste.  After our recent frost the asparagus production came to a bit of a  halt. But things are back up and running.  I don’t think we have a pallet yet– but we sure do have asparagus.

Here's the link to California Report


Continue reading ...
 

This year's garden

Posted by Marc Kratzschmar on Monday, March 4, 2013, In : Vegetables 

It’s said that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.  But we’re not focused on lions or lambs right now. We’re wildly finishing up seed and tree orders for the year. We’re late (as usual) but one feature still makes it fun – seed catalogs.  These magazines are to gardeners what cooking shows are to eaters.  They are visual gold.  Their pages promise a perfect garden, big enough to feed twenty with dead straight rows, no weeds and unfailing light rains every three or f...


Continue reading ...
 

Blame it on the weeds

Posted by Marc Kratzschmar on Friday, July 22, 2011, In : Vegetables 


First it was the cress. Lovely little bitter leaves to spice up salads. They were such delicate little leaves. Then salad greens. They were wonderful mixed green and red ruffles of lettuce that showed that we could raise our own food.



Then the bok choy ripened. It was all going so well. Those were the good old days.



NOW, it’s squash, and beets, and collard greens. The tomato plants are weighed down with green fruit that threaten to ripen any day now. The other tomato plants we started as se...
Continue reading ...
 

Asparagus

Posted by Marc Kratzschmar on Wednesday, June 8, 2011, In : Vegetables 


You can’t be a small farmer without a garden. So we put one in. And, we are in this for the long haul, so the first priority was to get our asparagus started. Asparagus is an interesting plant. Like the hops, it’s a rhizome – the root system goes down deep and evades any damage from winter for many years. A well established asparagus patch will be productive for 20 years or more. We’re hoping for the “or more” but I figure we have time to see what happens.

Asparagus is planted i...


Continue reading ...
 
 

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