Monthly Archives: April 2008

Highlights from an otherwise rocky week

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Oakhill

(CSA Newsletter: Early Season Week 12) Meet this week’s vegetables: Red Russian kale rapini — We think this might be our favorite spring rapini yet. Trim any tough stem ends before preparing. Collard greens — Feeling overwhelmed by leafy greens? … Continue reading →

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Put them away for another day: Greens!

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Oakhill

A new newsletter & blog feature: an occasional guest contribution from CSA member & Master Preserver, Lesley Woodruff … Greens, greens, so many leafy greens right now! They’re wonderful to eat and easy to preserve. Take advantage of our springtime … Continue reading →

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Cold, cold, cold weather

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Oakhill

(CSA Newsletter: Early Season Week 11) Meet this week’s vegetables: Over-wintered cauliflower — As we noted before, growing over-wintered cauliflower was an experiment for us this year, and we’re loving the results; we plan to grow much more of this … Continue reading →

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‘Eat-it-all’ Curry

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Oakhill

The cold weather this weekend inspired me to cook a big pot of curry. Besides being warming and delicious, it used up a lot of vegetables. Start with a big pot and ‘alliums’ (the onion family) … cook over medium-high … Continue reading →

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More planting!

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Oakhill

We planted again on Wednesday with much more success than so far this season. The ground prep went better — still somewhat cloddy but a big improvement over the first two rounds of planting. Here are some photos of the … Continue reading →

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Drängen photos!

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Oakhill

The much awaited photos of our new-to-us Drängen … to begin with, here is the Drängen just after Casey finished adjusting it for our purposes: The much larger farm we purchased this from had it set up for four riders … Continue reading →

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Two steps forward …

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Oakhill

(CSA Newsletter: Early Season Week 10) Meet this week’s vegetables: Popcorn — As the fields begin to thin, we’re pulling some of our dry items from storage, including this tasty popcorn saved from last year! By now it should be … Continue reading →

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While we wait …

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Oakhill

… to be able to plant once again, we’re continuing to work on other projects. The big project of the past two weeks was completed much earlier than we anticipated. We bought a Drängen! How were we able to accomplish … Continue reading →

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Spring’s slow start continues

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Oakhill

(CSA Newsletter: Early Season Week 9) Meet this week’s vegetables: Collard greens — The collards are still as big and beautiful as ever. If you look in the center of your plant, you might spot the beginning of a center … Continue reading →

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Recipes to renew our love of winter greens

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Oakhill

Homemade Sauerkraut adapted from The Art of Simple Food Despite our cabbage-loving ways, we’ve personally never experimented with making kraut (although many of our customers have done so successfully with our cabbage). If anyone else has a sure fire favorite … Continue reading →

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