The Farm Story Podcast is here…
Want to hear a little more about the farm? And some recipes featuring celebrity farmers?
Early Spring Farm Story- the Biodynamic ice-breaker
Farm Story: The Biodynamic Ice-Break Would you mind if we talked about Biodynamic farming? There. That’s how you keep your readership small. Those of you still with me have fought through eye-glaze and eye-roll and have resisted page turn. You will notice that even I am struggling a bit to…
Anna wrote down everything she knows about doing farmers' markets, which after 20 year turns out to be quite a lot. Here it is on Amazon.
[caption id="attachment_407" align="alignnone" width="169"] Here's a Hot Farming Tip: don't let the Buckwheat cover crop go to seed the year before planting potatoes.[/caption]
Vancouver Market Season beginning now
We'll be attending the Trout Lake and Kitsilano markets this weekend. Looks like it will be White Rose and Warba to kick things off. Plan to use the White Rose in a warm summer salad. The Warba are best simply boiled till tender, then served with perhaps a little chopped…
Sieglinde
Also known as German Butter, these are the tastiest potatoes on the farm. Rich, yellow flesh. Store well. We plant in early May and harvest starting at the end of July.
La Ratte
A favourite of French chefs, this premium fingerling originated from Denmark in the late 19th century and is ideal for roasting and boiling. It is quite lovely with long, narrow tubers of a rich golden brown with yellow flesh. They are on the waxy side with unique nutty flavour and…