Today was a very full day! I worked in the my garden a bit, went on a nice long walk, met with a friend this morning, cooked good food, and planted A LOT of potatoes.
Last season me and Dan operated our own small farm, Daisy Dog Farm. We had a 10 member CSA and sold some retail. It was a lot of work, very rewarding, and very very hard! Dan is now in the middle of Law School and does not have the time to farm this season so I decided to avoid the pressures of farming all on my lonesome and help out with another start-up farm in the area. So I've been organizing with SEEDS Farm (Social Entrepreneurship, Environmental Design and Stewardship), it's a community-based farm that is comprised of several components this season, there is a 20 member CSA, 20 member communal farm, 20 plot community garden, and a large plot dedicated to producing food for our local food shelf. There's a lot of great energy going on there and it's just outside of town, I'm able to bike the mile or so down the street and work, it's great! So today we finally planted our potatoes, all 180 lbs of them, I think in the end it probably equated to around 4000 row feet of potatoes. Varieties included Russet, Red, Yukon Gold, and All Blue. We had a group working on it, volunteers and community farmers, 'twas a great rewarding time! I can guarantee that we will all have enough potatoes to last us all of next winter~
Last season me and Dan operated our own small farm, Daisy Dog Farm. We had a 10 member CSA and sold some retail. It was a lot of work, very rewarding, and very very hard! Dan is now in the middle of Law School and does not have the time to farm this season so I decided to avoid the pressures of farming all on my lonesome and help out with another start-up farm in the area. So I've been organizing with SEEDS Farm (Social Entrepreneurship, Environmental Design and Stewardship), it's a community-based farm that is comprised of several components this season, there is a 20 member CSA, 20 member communal farm, 20 plot community garden, and a large plot dedicated to producing food for our local food shelf. There's a lot of great energy going on there and it's just outside of town, I'm able to bike the mile or so down the street and work, it's great! So today we finally planted our potatoes, all 180 lbs of them, I think in the end it probably equated to around 4000 row feet of potatoes. Varieties included Russet, Red, Yukon Gold, and All Blue. We had a group working on it, volunteers and community farmers, 'twas a great rewarding time! I can guarantee that we will all have enough potatoes to last us all of next winter~
Taco Salad, yuuuum
Today I made a goal of eating 100% Minnesota food and I did it! (It was a little heavy on the meat, I'll eat all vegetarian tomorrow:)
Breakfast: scrambled eggs from down the road with ham and ramps
Lunch: Beans with ramps sauteed in bacon fat
Supper: Taco salad- hydroponic lettuce and tomatoes, cheedar cheese, ramps, beans, and beef
Dessert: Applesauce that I canned last winter and a spoonful of honey
Breakfast: scrambled eggs from down the road with ham and ramps
Lunch: Beans with ramps sauteed in bacon fat
Supper: Taco salad- hydroponic lettuce and tomatoes, cheedar cheese, ramps, beans, and beef
Dessert: Applesauce that I canned last winter and a spoonful of honey