For a week in late October, when the CSA has ended and the season is all but wrapped up, there has sure been a lot of farming on the mind. It began with the survey we drafted for our CSA members on Monday. Every year we ask our members to critique their experience. From quality…
Tag: kale
What’s Good on the Farm? + RECIPE: Massaged Kale Salad with Roasted Strawberry Vinaigrette
It’s June now. (Don’t ask me how that happened). Full blown summertime on the farm. The fields are full of happily growing plants. Our fridge is full of delicious green things to eat and inspiration in my kitchen has never been more abundant. Our fourth CSA season began last week and I’m awash in all…
Transitions + RECIPE: Garbage Quiche
Things on the farm are ramping up my friends. We’ve officially transitioned from thinking about things like balance and travel and having a clean home to thinking exclusively about the farm: what we have to do each week, what we need to focus on and what should be prioritized. In case you haven’t been following…
Zoning Codes + RECIPE: Orecchiette with Kale Pesto, Sausage & White Beans
Have you ever noticed how pasta just solves everything? Like honestly, all the problems of the world, washed away for 10 minutes as you bite into that perfect starchy piece of pasta. If you are lucky there’s also cheese involved and a sauce with just enough garlic. Okay, maybe a little too much garlic. Because…
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…
Holiday Weekends + RECIPE: Roasted Potato, Parsnip & Kale Salad
Hi everyone! How were your weekends of family and food?! How were all of your Easter and/or Passover celebrations!? Were they absolutely wonderful and sunny I hope!? We had a blast over in the beautiful driftless hills of Western Wisconsin! It was a weekend of celebrating for us Rudersdorfs. A 6 month anniversary and a…
A Few Good Days + RECIPE: Sesame Noodles with Kale & Mushrooms
Beer nuts with bacon and cranberries. Beautiful friends. So many Belgian beers. A surprise soft pretzel with 3 different mustards and a slab of cheese A surprise bibimbap. A surprise evening out. A perfect midweek Blue Bird. Lingering runs with blue skies and no ice to slip on. Puppies in the elevator. Puppies in the office….
Farm Crush Friday + RECIPE: Kale & Ricotta Toasts
I’ve decided to include a weekly feature on the blog! Something to bring the blog back to the fact that it is affiliated with our farm because there is no doubt in my mind that throughout the week I will severely deviate from farmy things. From now on, every Friday (okay, most Fridays) I am…
