Author Archives: Katie

Meet this week’s vegetables: Purple sprouting broccoli Kale rapini — It’s a “greens heavy” week, thanks to a field full of thriving green plants. It’s wonderful to finally see some significant growth out there. It’s still all on over-wintered plants, … Continue reading →

Meet this week’s vegetables: Purple sprouting broccoli — We have reached the high point of this broccoli harvest. There is always an arc to certain kinds of “pick and come again” crops (peas, beans, broccoli sprouts) — the first few … Continue reading →

Meet this week’s vegetables: Purple sprouting broccoli — We’ve been watching these sprouts develop over the last few weeks, eagerly anticipating broccoli abundance … and, now it is here! These buds are more closely related in genetics and flavor to … Continue reading →

Meet this week’s vegetables: Rapini (lots!) — We were planning to make salad mix this week, but then a few factors changed our minds: 1. Since we are down an employee until Jesse arrives on Thursday, I (Katie) helped harvest, … Continue reading →

Meet this week’s vegetables: Cabbage Rutabaga Rapini Marina di Chioggia winter squash — These are BIG squash, but you can cook them as you would any other. We recommend roasting and then simply eating with some salt and butter (tastes … Continue reading →

Meet this week’s vegetables: Cabbage — This week we have a classic winter share: cabbage, leeks, and storage crops. People who haven’t experienced seasonal eating often wonder what we eat in December and January, as though those are the challenging … Continue reading →

Meet this week’s vegetables: Dino kale rapini — Rapini season has arrived! From now until sometime in mid- to late spring, we will be enjoying these tender buds from all our various over-wintered green crops. Since many crops we grow … Continue reading →

Meet this week’s vegetables: Cabbage Brussels sprouts Butternut winter squash Turnips Celery root Carrots German butterball potatoes Leeks Well, our whirlwind trip to Breitenbush came and went. It’s amazing how much can be packed into a two day, two night … Continue reading →

Meet this week’s vegetables: Salad mix Broccoli or romanesco — “Broccoli in winter?” you might be asking. Yes! We’ve been experimenting with over-wintering broccoli, and this year the weather conditions were just right (i.e. mild and not too wet) to … Continue reading →