digging potatoes all day=no more potatoes til dig til fall

the following are shots I took throughout the day of the potatoes I dug up, in this area of the farm we had 3 rows. One of red and the other 2 were white, and although we had already dug some out there was a good 60-70 feet left, and i got them all out....John got out our other group of potatoes that are  blue/purple and another variety of white-sorry I don't have any pictures of his row.

Stayed tuned, we will be adding some recipes to the blog because we have so many veggies not everyone knows how to prepare them.  We are hoping that this will help all of you....

Just a quick note, one of the tuesday market customers inquired about freezing the rainbow swiss chard...very simple, remove the veins, chop up, cook and blanch, pat dry with a towel and freeze, now you have swiss chard anytime you want.

For those of you that don't know what it means to blanch its quite simple,  just cook (most likely boil/steam) drain, and then shock the veggies by putting them immediately into a bowl of ice water, this will keep the color and stop the veggies from cooking further, then save for later, either that day or freeze them for use at a later date.

good luck!!!

Hope to see you at the market on Saturday at Clark Park (43rd n Baltimore Ave) or on Tuesday, right down the street from our farm at the corner of Port Royal and Ridge Ave in the U-Haul parking lot.  If you are traveling via SEPTA you can get to Clark Park using the #34 or 13 trolley, and the #9 bus also picks up/drops off right at our stand on Tuesdays.

some shots of the farm and of our tuesday market

MAY 2012 lettuces n other yummy veggies n some from our 1st tuesday market of the season ridge n port royal

may 2012, rainbow chard, radishes N A MONARCH CATERPILLAR IN THE PARSLEY

Market Time!

We will be starting the market season at Clark Park Farmers Market this Saturday, April 14th.  Stop by for some fresh lettuce, arugula, mustard mix, spinach and turnips, along with potted strawberries, raspberries and herbs to take home for your own garden.  See you then!

Potatoes Potatoes

6 rows of potatoes went in yesterday to start the field season.  This year we will be growing Purple Majestys, Marris Pippers, Seiglanders, Dazoc Reds, Early Ohio's and Kuska Gold.  Be sure to check them all out in at our markets in a couple of months!