I had my first experience with polenta about 8 years ago. My oldest son had been on a backpacking trip and someone brought polenta for their meal and he wanted to make some. He bought a 5 pound bag of cornmeal, got my biggest pot, mixed water with the entire bag, cooked it, and then it was [...]
Archive of entries posted on January 2010
The Eagle has Landed
As most CSA farmers know, we have two speeds: summertime, full blast; and wintertime, as far as gardening is concerned, stopped. I jokingly told someone the other day that I could stay in bed all day long and no one (except my animals) would notice! I can’t do that though, and I’ve been occupying a lot [...]
“Farmher” Stories
There have been lots of new words and phrases “coined” in the last decade, mostly due to the internet and cyberspace, twitter, facebook, etc., but also in the gardening and food communities. “Locavore”, “Evoo”, “green”, and so on. During the few mindless chores around the farm (mulching, weeding, driving fence posts) I have time to think about [...]
Organic Matters
Weeds are a real issue to most gardeners….. well, all gardeners. I’ve read that 60-80% of a gardener’s time is spent weeding…what a waste! Last year in a futile attempt to smother weeds that were taking over several beds during ALL THE RAIN, I used newspapers, feed sacks, whatever I could find to cover the ground [...]
Chickens, Goat Cheese, Winter, Great Danes
You might be wondering what in the world do goat cheese, chickens, great danes, and winter have in common? Well, the goat cheese is something I’ve been wanting to try for quite some time but just haven’t done. Yesterday, a friend and I did our grocery shopping together (it’s more fun to do this deed with [...]
Have you fed your birds today?
Many gardeners share the same passion I do–birdwatching. I love to take note of all the different birds that come and go during the different seasons of the year. During the summer I move the bird feeders down to the garden area where I work all the time. This also attracts them closer “to the [...]
Cabbage Rolls
The members of the Wild Things CSA Farm get to enjoy “baby cabbages” rather than a full head of cabbage when it’s in season. A baby cabbage is just about the right size for a meal and you don’t have all that cabbage left over to deal with for weeks on end (it seems like [...]