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Gazpacho with Friends

Gazpacho with Friends Originating in Andalusia, Spain, gazpacho is a cold soup that is traditionally tomato-based and eaten during the summertime. The fun part about gazpacho is that you don’t need to cook anything – you simply cut up your desired produce and blend it all up! I was able to try this recipe recently amongst friends. Gathered around a living room...

Learning to Cultivate

Thanks to David Conklin for the photo of Paige on the tractor! This year has been my first year cultivating, and during this time I have had a lot of ups and downs while learning – as you do with most new things. My body has had to adjust and build specific muscles for dragging and changing out tractor implements, and sitting on and driving tractors all day....

Welcome to the Tomato Jungle

August is a busy month on the farm. If you’ve been to the Red Dog Farmstand or seen the booth at market recently you’ve probably already gathered this. Each week exciting new crops enter our harvest rotation as the summer heat encourages our plants to mature. This might seem like self-evident thing to say as a farmer, but my favorite part of gardening ever since I...

Farm-Sized Salad Spinners

Thanks to David Conklin for the photo of Veronica and Viv! Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings are an exciting time in the Packshed. As soon as everyone has clocked in, it’s all hands on deck to harvest loose greens, which means dozens of crates and hundreds of pounds on a typical day. One lucky person takes the first truckload back to the Packshed and has the...

Grandfather Beans

More gnarled fingers than my own turned the pages then In a smaller woodland garden Under the late afternoon web-shadow of a high electric fenceBattling to keep the darn deer out My grandfather never swore, except when the temple was breached He would ask me to watch how he found the greenest beans Never rushing on his bucket-throneI would reach...

Fun With Peas & Broccolini!

Thanks to David Conklin for the photo of Eddy! We hope you are relishing in the abundance of summer and enjoying the fresh produce that our farm has to offer. As the summer sun shines upon us, our fields are flourishing with a variety of vibrant produce. Here are some fun facts about two delicious items coming your way this week – sugar snap peas and...