Happy (how-the-heck-is-it-already) May Day to you all! How have you been? Enjoying the spring weather? Spending every warm, sunny moment outside (or at least perched in front of a window)? Yeah, me too. Our cats are demanding open windows every morning (even if it’s still 45 degrees when I wake up) and there’s just been…
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Soba Noodle Bowl with Pork Meatballs
The last thing we did before going into a self-made isolation/quarantine was visit our friend Beth to help take the cover off the hoophouse she’d been using for a pack shed for the past three years. My Carrot, Beth and her husband unstrapped and cut the ratchet straps, took off the end-wall cover, slid off…
Summer Solstice + RECIPE: Noodle Lettuce Wraps with Pork Meatballs & Crunchy Garlic Chili Oil
We’ve almost arrived at the end of June, summer has officially begun, fireworks are just around the corner, and we are finally giving this season every bit of our hearts. We started this seventh farming season with some pretty exciting goals. Obviously we wanted to scale our CSA and wholesale accounts successfully, but that was…
The Sun Found Us! + RECIPE: Spicy Pork Tacos with Scallion Green Garlic Chimichurri & Radishes
The sun has finally decided to come out for more than two days in a row and it is truly glorious out at our little farm. The gray, damp spring made planting hard but we somehow stayed on schedule through it all (I think our kick ass new hires may have had something to do…
Retreating to the Northwoods + RECIPE: Cabbage, Leek & Pepper Runza
After seven nights away and a full two weeks off of work, I can say with absolute certainty that everyone everywhere deserves a retreat from their daily lives every once in a while. Not just a vacation or an adventure, but a real retreat that encourages quiet and calm and reflection and possibly even productivity….
Strategies for Survival + RECIPE: Bahn Mi Burgers
This season is a beast. Everything that’s happened so far is just a blur in the rear view mirror. I’ve almost forgotten that this season started with a freak blizzard, a hail storm on our baby brassicas, construction of a second greenhouse, a rhubarb patch, and our first asparagus field. I’ve almost forgotten that we…
Burgers & Brews + RECIPE: Ginger Pork Burgers
Was it just a holiday? Did I hear something about a long weekend happening? I can’t be quite sure because I was doing my best to avoid Instagram altogether while sweating out 150+ ounces of water daily from the 90+ degree fields. For us, it wasn’t so much a relaxing weekend as it was…
The Last Last Box + RECIPE: Pork Carnitas with Roasted Vegetables
I know I told you we said goodbye to our CSA members two weeks ago. But then we had this “problem.” After the CSA ended on October 18th, our basement storage was still packed full of onions and potatoes (I’m talking hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of pounds of fully cured storage beauties) and our…
CSA Member Good-Byes + RECIPE: BBQ Butternut Squash & Pulled Pork Pizza
We said goodbye to our CSA members last Wednesday. After 20 weeks together, it’s always bittersweet when we bring things to a close. Filled with unknowns and excitement, our relationship with our CSA members begins anew each spring. Mutual admiration grows throughout the season as we get to know one another better. By the end,…
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…
The Leek & The Carrot 