Pepper, like tomatoes are doing well for us this season. They thrive in this heat and we were fortunate to set up and run drip irrigation with all the pepper patches. The plants are heavy with peppers and our goal was sweet red, reds and more reds! We have red shepherds, red bells and red pimentos. All are so sweet when high red and yummy straight up, roasted, grilled, pan fried.... ah I love this time of year. Sweet Corn was almost a bust this year! F-ing deer and raccoons made a hell-o of a mess back there. Very depressing....BUT the second patch was left alone. huh. Ben thinks they just moved on. So more yummy, sweet NO GMO, sprayed with absolutely nothing organic sweet corn at all markets for a while! And a quick selfie with baby Jonah and I checking out the wagon of beefsteaks which have also been amazing this season! We are still taking orders for Romas by the way! So keep making that sauce as the weather cools down! And for any o...
We really missed not having our own strawberries at market this past June! We are making sure that doesn't happen next year! Folks really missed our organic berries! This is the process so that we have them for June 2012: These is a bundle of root stock we got in from Nova Scotia this year. Gorgeous plants, top quality. Two new varieties this year. Winter hardy, sweet and plentiful. We shall see! Our land makes all the difference I'm certain! Ben pulling the clip planter. Because of the quality of the Strawberry plants we planted 3 times as much as we had before! Domingo and Manuel using the clip planter to plant the Strawberry plants. I didn't think it would work, but was surprised to see the success. This due to excellent plant quality. How many times can I stress the quality of these plants! Just beautiful. G.W. Allen Nursery in Nova Scotia if you're wondering ;) Planted Strawberries on July 13th, 2011. ...
Yep, long overdue, but I finally assembled my crew of fine ladies (and Ben!) and we are crafting our organic winter foods again! These are handmade foods of the finest ingredients. PEROGIES! CABBAGE ROLLS! Four kinds of perogies to choose from including a really, really good vegan one (that is actually cheaper to buy because it has no organic dairy or eggs!) The perogies are huge - twice the size of normal ones! Cabbage rolls are all vegan, (no meat ones sorry) and loaded with kale, onions, brown rice and garlic smothered in tomato sauce. They. Are. Awesome. If Ben doesn't miss the beef - you won't either! Processing multi-ingredient foods and getting them certified organic has intensified over the years, no doubt to the growing demand of organic foodstuffs. It makes it a bit hard for someone who is a small-time processor like me, but I feel it to be necessary step. Ingredient integrity is very important to us. All perogies and the cabbage rol...