Feels like Spring!

The warm sunshine on my face and birds singing sweet songs in the early morning hours are stirring daydreams of the warmer months to come. The snow is melting in the gardens and cover crops are growing. I know it is not Spring just yet, but it sure does feel like it! And this feeling of Spring has me overly excited, I literally caught myself skipping to the garden this morning. 

Onions, leeks and shallots are all up and growing. We seeded the first round of peppers, eggplant, and yes, heirloom tomatoes this week. Mmmmm I am already anxious for the first of many tomatoes. Warm off the vine, chopped up in spicy salsa, on a BLT, tomato pie! Slow down, slow down... it is still February. 

In any event, I have updated the CSA Page and invite you to take a moment and read through our plan for the 2014 season. We are expanding the CSA this season and would love you to join us in our third year of growing delicious, beautiful and truly nourishing produce. Growing food and being outside every day feeds my soul, and it's so very rewarding to then feed so many close friends and families in the area.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, I love to talk about food. Growing, harvesting, cooking, preserving, and eating food. But I warn you... my enthusiasm and passion can be contagious, so be careful.   

In addition to growing a large variety of fruits and vegetables, we are spending time in the kitchen this season. We will be baking sourdough breads, pies, tarts and pastries. I have always had a sweet tooth, but sourdough has become my latest obsession. And because I think things I am passionate about should be shared, we are offering a Bread Share this season for all the bread lovers out there! The loaves will vary from week to week (plain, seeded, rosemary garlic, etc) and will always be made with organic ingredients. 

Cheers to doing what you love! 

Sending hugs and smiles
Mindy

   

Happy Dance

Well hello there snow! Oh how I have missed you and your magical white fluffiness. After several weeks of sunshine and warm days here, it was wonderful to wake up to over a foot of fresh snow on Friday. I felt like a kid on Christmas morning… my eyes lit up and sparkled with excitement. The morning was filled with constant smiles and happy dance parties… over coffee, while shoveling snow, and while baking up a storm in the kitchen. Oh yes. Snow, you make me happy. Oh so happy. 

As you can see above, the path to the garden is as beautiful as ever!

And the greenhouses are looking more like igloos at the moment. The plan is to seed onions in one of these houses soon, so the beds inside will be amended and prepped this weekend. Mmmm I am anxious to get my hands in the soil, but I want to sneak in a couple ski days first!

My mind has completely switched into farm planning mode. I am drafting planting calendars, mapping the gardens and fantasizing about the growing season. My dreams are already being overrun by vegetables, sweet peppers in particular. We do have quite the ongoing love affair. What are you dreaming about on these charming winter nights?

Here is a teaser of the beauty to come. Enjoy this lovely weather and throw in a happy dance for good measure!