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Share-ing the Inspiration

I don’t know about you, but I’m always looking for cooking inspiration during the week to keep my meals fresh and interesting. It’s easy to get in a rut and feel intimidated by all the produce in the fridge, staring you down while you struggle to know what to do with it. The beauty of a weekly veggie share is that it can inspire us to try new dishes, cooking...

Fruits of Summer

Fruit season is upon us! Although most of our produce is referred to as vegetables, a lot of the bounty of this time of year comes from the fruiting part of the plant. In fact, “vegetable” isn’t a biological term – biologists say that plants have roots, shoots, flowers, and fruits. The fruit is the mature, ripened ovary of a plant that develops from the flower after...

Abundance in All

Kyla offers the above drawing of this week’s CSA share as a coloring page, which you can download here! In these golden valleysthe days have arrived,when the sun illuminates the worldlong before I open my eyes. When the air is filled with promisesof abundance in all things;the fruit hangs low,and the birds live to sing. Fields fill with ripening bountiesand...

Learning to Make Kimchi

Summer is a time of abundance on the farm! It feels like every day as I am walking around the field, exciting and yummy new veggies are popping up, ready to enjoy. In contrast to the root vegetables and squash of winter and early spring, this week of the summer solstice my kitchen has been full of fresh greens, herbs, berries, and more! But the summer finds a way to...

Humors of June

Where in dry grass lives the thrash of young birdsIt shifts with presence, quiet, ulteriorOr in the dust of creekside fieldParents feigning broken wings It’s all an ashy tumbleThis June air, with August feelingSweat puts up clouds as it strikes earthThere are columns of smoke in this valley Yet, it is not deep SummerA wave rises, lapping at the ridge’s far lineDamp...

For the Love of Herbs

Different things motivate different farmers in their work, and there’s usually a multitude of reasons. A big motivator for me is simply my love of food and the pleasure of eating really, really good food. Having access to such a diverse array of produce makes cooking a joy and pushes my culinary boundaries. Lately when I’ve made something particularly delicious, its...