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- Recipes Roasted Carrot Hummus You can dip your carrots into hummus, or you can turn your carrots into hummus!
- Blog The Good, the Bad and the Confusing: The 2012 Farm Bill The 2012 Farm Bill is a great example of how complicated and convoluted our political system is, and how easy it is to just say, “Ugh. This is why I don’t pay attention to politics.” Here is a compilation of some basic facts and some websites about the Farm Bill,…
- Blog Community Gardening Community Gardens are a great way to strengthen both your community and to empower individuals to start growing their own food. Many of us at the farm are involved, or have been involved with community gardens, and encourage you to seek out your community garden whether you are a novice…
- Tips Pest: Earwigs Wet weather bring masses of earwigs and slugs which wreak havoc on your plants close to the ground, especially those that have hollow stem or are very moist like lettuce, cabbage, and many other greens. Description: Earwigs are dark brown and measure 1/2” to 3/4” in length. Their large rear…
- Tips Use a Trap Crop To Control Japanese Beetles The Japanese beetle is not a very picky eater. It will happily consume over 300 species of plants, although they particularly love roses. Adult beetles will travel great distances to eat the soft parts of the leaves, leaving them looking almost skeletal. There are several organic methods for reducing your…
- Blog Emily in the Kitchen For the past few weeks Alison and the farm kitchen crew have been hosting Emily Homnick, a recent graduate from the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York City. She arrived just in time for the intense strawberry season, and jumped right in. She now can add strawberry-lemonade-popsicle-maker to her list…
- Recipes Simple Summer Coleslaw This is a wonderful California style coleslaw; no mayonnaise or sour cream, just a light citrus vinaigrette. Feel free to vary the type of cabbage or use a combo of red and green.
- Tips Getting the most from your basil Pinching the growing tips of your basil throughout the growing season will make a bushy plant that will keep producing lush, tasty leaves all season long. The growing tip is the upper most set of leaves, usually with tiny leaves forming at the center. If you snip off this growing…
- Articles Industrial Hemp Will Allen talks about the absurdities surrounding the federal law preventing US farmers from growing industrial hemp.
- Tips How and When To Cut Your Garlic Scapes Those pretty spiral stems that form above your garlic in June are edible, and by removing them you’ll improve your garlic harvest! You’ll notice in early to mid June that your garlic is sending up a stalk in from the center of the plant. The stalk is thicker than the…