An Evening Walk on the Farm

A recent summer evening Vince took a break from tractor work and the whole family took a walk through the farm; checking out the gardens, taste testing and surveying produce to take to the market that week.  Here is our little walk in pictures (Mom and Julia were the photographers):

Pieter stopped to collect eggs

and more eggs...

Vince got excited about one of the first tomatoes

And Pieter had to taste them.

surveying (and tasting) the pole beans

Taste-testing a cucumber: there's something to be said for feeding our kids straight from the garden.

Checking for growth from the newly planted seeds.

Hi, Mom!  Dirt, bugs and veggies = a happy kid!

Swiss chard in the evening sunlight

Chatting about the day

A New Road

Vern at work

Worried about being "stuck in the muck" in the coming winter and spring, now that we are planting winter crops in the acre "way down down,"  we hired a friend (thanks, Vern Nelson!) to bulldoze a road bridging the upper land from the lower.  It is hopefully raised high enough to allow tractor travel all year; avoiding traveling through the muddy ditch.

Of course, Pieter had to climb up to check it out.

Two new recipes: squash blossoms and snow peas

Dana Daniel is a local chef based in Snohomish. Recently she chose our produce for two of her weekly recipes for the Snohomish Farmers Market. 

Below are the links to the recipes. Check out her website for more great recipes!

 fresh squash blossoms at the market

CRISPY STUFFED SQUASH BLOSSOMS

photo courtesy of Dana Daniel

 



GOLDEN BEET & SNOW PEA SALAD