Recipes
Cucumber Poetry?
Ok, so it was a little warm around noon today while I was picking cucumbers. I had salty sweat running into my eyes (it stings a little) and there were big fat bumble bees humming all around. Bumbling from bloom to bloom – you get the picture – and I think it was all making…
Read MoreAlong with the Sunshine, You need a little Rain
We hope that you had a wonderful Holiday weekend. We are grateful for our many freedoms and thankful to our Service-men and women who have dedicated themselves and given their lives to preserving those freedoms. This has been a beautiful week of warm weather and this is the perfect kind of day for setting out…
Read MoreAnother rainy day…
Hi. Madeline here. Mom isn’t here to write this week so I’m taking over for now. After seeing so many tops go to the compost, I tried something yesterday and it turned out pretty good! I’m not sure what to call it but many dishes don’t have names so it will just have to be…
Read MoreGreen fields
Suddenly this week, everywhere I look is a lush green. The brown spaces in the fields are giving way to the canopy of crop cover. It is amazing to see the huge variety of color from light lime green of the ditch grasses to the deep blue green of leek and garlic. The potatoes have…
Read MoreThis week in your share + recipes for rhubarb cake and ribollita
Suddenly this week, everywhere I look is a lush green. The brown spaces in the fields are giving way to the canopy of crop cover. It is amazing to see the huge variety of color from light lime green of the ditch grasses to the deep blue green of leek and garlic. The potatoes have…
Read MoreBring on the Sunshine!
This will be a brief post because the sun is shining and we are going full steam ahead to get as much in the ground as possible before the rain starts again on Thursday. It looks like a great week for seeds to sprout. I’m going to also provide some information about greens from Angelic…
Read MoreThe 2011 Vegetable Season is Here!
Welcome to a new season of fresh produce from The Cornucopia! We look forward to serving you in 2011. Yesterday I woke to the loud crack of thunder. John rolled over and said, “do you think I should pull those plants inside?” I was happy that he said “I”, it was a good Mother’s Day…
Read MoreBeautiful Fall Weather
After some nasty weather and rain last week, we are basking in wonderful warm sun. This week we’ll work on some fall tillage/cover cropping and work on finishing up the rest of the potato harvest. New carrots planted in August are ready as well as some wonderful fall greens, and those white turnips we love…
Read MorePigs, Chicks and Skunks!
Whoa! Skunks you may ask? Yes, it has been an interesting week (actually the last two). Pigs do not make very good guard dogs. We have always “trusted” them to be a good deterrent against other critters coming in to the hog house where we also house our baby chicks until they are big enough…
Read MoreGot Bugs?……..
Bugs, bugs, bugs…it’s a bugs life. All this wet weather with lots of stagnant water seems to make perfect conditions for hatching lots and lots of bugs! I even heard earwigs (they are about 3/4″ long with pinchers on their tails) mentioned in the news on my way to market Wednesday. Many people have also…
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