Summer time brings many delicious vegetables! Some of these veggies from the cucurbit family can become quite prolific if the weather conditions are right. Yellow summer squash and zucchini are in abundant supply right now on Eight Mile Creek Farm, and so I will focus on some easy and creative ways to use them. If …
Behind the Scenes on EMCF Although the summer season has ended and the weather is turning colder, things are still hopping here on the farm. We are switching gears and focusing on nurturing the cold weather crops which we had started in the greenhouse back in July and transplanted into the high tunnel in August …
Veggies from the farm this week include red leaf lettuce, romaine lettuce, rainbow chard, Italian basil, zucchini, summer squash and bok Choi Through the Eyes of a Farmer With so much life on a farm there is, unfortunately, death. There is, in fact, death just about every day, and so it is something that I …
Red Leaf lettuce Rainbow Swiss chard Dill Napa cabbage Italian dandelion greens Siberian kale Bok Choy Through the Eyes of a Farmer When I was in high school and college, I worked each summer as a server, then called waitress, which was a natural job to seek, as food was always valued in my family …
Produce from the Farm this Week Red leaf lettuce, Crispino Lettuce, Kale, Bok Choy, Cilantro, Onions Apple Bok Choy Salad1 head bok choy, finely chopped1 large apple, shredded3 small carrots, minced 1/2 cup chopped pink onion1/2 cup milk1/2 cup raw cashews1/4 cup balsamic vinegar1/4 cup raisins1 tsp dijon mustard Combine bok choy, apple, carrot, and …
That which we owe our very existence to has somehow, over the last eighty years, become taken for granted. Soil is the starting point and life force for all creation. It has been paved over with thoughtless development, smothered with chemicals, and lost to run-off. In the same way, our food has become devalued. The …
