Archive > June 2011

Tastes from the farm

Et voilà! A full, full day of harvesting (we are all quite content to be sitting down!), and the baskets safely sent off before the deluge began to fall upon us. (Although those who are delivering did get a little stuck in the rain!) The third basket. It’s a little hard to believe! We kept [...]

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Proud workcrew

From left to right: Kevin (WWOOFer from France), Rosalind, Stephanie, Romain (fellow WWOOFer), Bruno and Alessia, posing with the season’s second CSA basket. Go gang!

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Veggie IDs

To add to Rosalind’s post below on today’s harvest, here a a few photos to help identify lesser known vegetables. Boc choy. We slice right through the stems and leaves (thinly at the root end where the stalk is thick and in wider strips for the tops of the leaves), soak for a few minutes [...]

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Racing the sun!

What a wonderful day we’ve had! Not that that is unusual here, because the days are different and exciting, as I am slowly but surely learning the ropes of the farm…There is so much to learn! And today, finally, after a few days of wild, windy rain, the day dawned bright and clear. By 6:30 [...]

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