Things are looking good my friends. Things are looking really, really good and although I sometimes feel as if my husband is a drill sergeant I’m starting to understand the method behind his brilliance. We’ve been working lots of long days lately– mostly because it’s June and the weeds keep growing, and though sometimes I…
Tag: asparagus
Go Mode + RECIPE: Spring Harvest Grain Salad
I always do this. I always think that May is our busiest month and I burn my candle at both ends all month long and then when June hits, I’m (not) surprisingly very tired. I tell myself it’s June and I can let off the gas a bit so I make time to rest and…
Learning to Wait + RECIPE: Asparagus with Egg, Citrus & Almonds
I’ve had a lot on my mind lately. And really, can you blame me? With the significant ups and downs of our journey into spring, how could a farmer not have a lot on her mind as she eagerly awaits and anticipates when she’ll be able to work: when she’ll be able to till up…
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…
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…
Memorial Day Weekend + RECIPE: Grilled Pizza with Asparagus, Ricotta and Green Sauce
Hello everyone! Did you all have a beautiful Memorial Day weekend? Did you eat only grilled things and spend all your time outside and maybe even get into the water? Whatever you did, I hope it was relaxing. Sadly, we did not break out our new canoe yet or find ourselves out on the water,…
We Bought a House! + RECIPE: Charred Asparagus Grilled Cheese
There’s something I have been hiding from you all. It wasn’t exactly intentional. It’s just that in the midst of all the farming craziness and the whirlwind that is springtime as a farmer, I hadn’t truly had time to wrap my head around the reality that is our 2016 lives until this past weekend. So,…
June Food Weekends + HOW TO: Have A Perfect Picnic
We did it! We made it over the hump that is spring’s non-stop chaos as CSA veggie farmers. We only had one or two emotional breakdowns. We only cried a handful of times. And we delivered our first CSA boxes will relative ease, though without fully functional brakes. Yup, that was terrifying. The brakes need…
25 Ways to Asparagus + RECIPE: Chili-Roasted Asparagus & Pork Fajitas
I have been asparagus-ing like crazy these last few weeks. Oh, asparagus is not a verb? Well you could have fooled me because suddenly my whole life seems to revolve around asparagus. We harvest from a small pick-your-own farm on Monday and deliver it to our restaurants in Madison on Tuesday and an even more…
Lately I’ve Been… + RECIPE: Polenta with Charred Asparagus
…making lots and lots of interesting vinaigrettes because then I can eat nothing but the leftover veggies in my fridge and still feel like I cooked. …eating at the Good Food cart no less than one time per week. Sometimes more. …trying to stifle the tears over my busted laptop and its unrecognizable hard drive….
The Leek & The Carrot 