This week’s task list has been driven by the rain forecast. We had a list of what we needed to get transplanted into the field beds before the end of the day Monday, and likewise before the end of the day today so that the babies could get watered in nicely from above. Meanwhile, April… Continue reading Perfect Weekend for Planting…and Eating Salad…for 4.13.2019
Happy April! This month has given us three dry days so far, so we figure we should be grateful for that. Plants are going in the ground like crazy right now. All the potatoes, onions, and kale are planted. The earliest (covered) tomatoes are climbing their trellises. Salad surrounds us. The greenhouse is still bursting… Continue reading Outdoor Market with Plants, Salad, and More!…4.6.2019
Happy Spring! It’s official, and we are diving right in! For your chance to join in, we have a Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop here at the farm next weekend, plants for your garden to purchase at market tomorrow, and eye-candy from the farm this week for everyone to enjoy! First up: Fruit Tree Pruning! … Continue reading Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop 3/30, plus Plants @ mkt 3.23.2019
We farm for a living for lots of reasons, the most selfish of which is the result in our kitchen. Here’s a little virtual peek into what we like to do there, and what we most love to use to make our veggies irresistible. This peek is by no means comprehensive, but we thought it… Continue reading A Peek into the Broadfork Kitchen…plus market 3.2.19
{This post was scheduled to appear Friday, Feb 22, but we just learned it didn’t post. Here it is, belated. We’ll see you at market again this Saturday, March 2!} We are so sad about this much rain we can’t even talk about it. So instead, we’re going to look ahead at the season! (And… Continue reading What the Heck is “CSA Day?”…plus mkt 2.23.19
It feels like our Farm Birthday! But farms are created more than they are birthed, so we keep wondering – do we call this our Farm Creation Day? We guess Farm Anniversary is the most appropriate term, but whatever you call it, on February 15, 2011, our farm business became official. So, today is the… Continue reading It’s Our Farm Anniversary!…plus mkt 2.16.19
Our eldest child thankfully prodded us into watching an episode of Cooked by Michael Pollan last night. She chose the episode called “Water.” We watched this film for the first time a couple of years ago and are enormously grateful for her to put it in front of us again. Michael — let’s call him… Continue reading “I Want to Lure You Into the Kitchen”…plus mkt for 2.9.19
