The Leek & The Carrot

Three Day Parties + Roasted Strawberry Rhubarb Ice Cream Sandwiches

The jury is still out on whether or not catapulting ourselves into hosting a three day party after six weeks straight of long days in the fields will be repeated or not. We went to bed after midnight for three nights in a row last weekend which is just not a thing us farmers are…

Scary Vegetables + RECIPE: Portobella, Escarole & Fennel Lasagna with White Sauce

Last week our CSA members received two items that scared them in the same box: escarole and fennel. Sometimes I feel bad throwing things at people they’ve never used before, but I have to be honest here, usually I don’t. I kind of adore giving our CSA members vegetables that they find intimidating. Things that…

Cabbage Love + RECIPE: Cabbage & Snow Pea Rice Bowl with Warm Coconut Peanut Sauce

We’re almost caught up my friends. Almost through the whirlwind of activity that is May and June on the farm. We’ve planted 11 whole fields (each about 700 square feet), made it through three weeks of the CSA (seriously how has that already happened?!), and thrown a farm party for new friends. We’ve fixed a…

How to Survive June as a Farmer + RECIPE: Broccoli & Kohlrabi Salad

Take a few hours away from the farm with your partner in crime/farming/life. Even if you feel like you couldn’t possibly leave the farm before nightfall. Just do it anyways. Hire the most supportive, thoughtful, kind team of people you can find. Thank them for their amazingness daily. Splurge on YumButter. Keep it your pocket…

Putting Out Fires + RECIPE: Shaved Asparagus Pizza with Arugula Pesto

This past week has really been trying to eat us alive. On Thursday, the clutch cable snapped on our Grillo rototiller so even though we already had decided to replace it, we no longer could use it to mow our fields, which we’d planned to do through the next couple months. On Friday, we realized…

June Frenzy + RECIPE: Mushroom & “Lots of Greens” Sheet Pan Quiche

I swear I cook more than just breakfast food. Actually I’m not going to own up to that right now because the other things I’ve been eating only fall under the categories of grilled foods, salads, cold sandwiches (usually from Rockin’ Rolls) and hummus + things I dip in hummus. And none of that really…

Mother’s Day Brunch + RECIPE: Rhubarb Crisp Pancakes

Mother’s Day is really just a very poorly timed holiday. While the rest of the world is picnic-ing and brunching and planting flowers and sipping wine from their back patios drenched in sunshine with their mothers, I’m shouting at mine because can’t she just stop talking and understand her home is my place of employment?! …

Normal Life + RECIPE: Mashed Potato Fritter Benedict

Hi. Hello. How are you? It’s been so long since we’ve talked. You know talked about regular life things and not just my greenhouse, my travels, or my insanely loving endorsement of local products. Lately my life has been pretty normal. I’ve been reading a really good book and raving about it non-stop on social media. I…

Farm Crush Friday: Landmark Creamery

I have had a crush on these women for years now. Ever since the first time I picked up an elegant round of Petit Nuage during a shift at Cow & Quince in New Glarus. I knew right away I was experiencing something different: something special. Anna Landmark and Anna Thomas Bates, fondly known simply…

Austin + Waco, Texas

It’s become an annual tradition. Every spring, before the planting season really takes off, I take a trip without my Carrot to somewhere new with some of my favorite people. It’s just the reset button I need to make it through another farming season and has become, in my opinion, a non-negotiable part of my…