This was the second series of the Green Market Harvest Dinner in Cos Cob at the Historical Society. Our local organic produce was used in the dinner as well as decoration!
Friday, September 24, 2010
Live Green Ct
Packed and ready for market!
Live entertainment!
Robert Ballard, discoverer of Titanic!
Tesla electric car!
Live entertainment!
Robert Ballard, discoverer of Titanic!
Tesla electric car!
Setting up for Live Green Ct in Norwalk Ct. Delighted to be part of event! Speaker was Robert Ballard, who discovered the Titanic. So inspirational to listen to. Makes me want to search for buried ships during my off season!
GE Harvest Festival
Setting up for GE Harvest Festival in Stamford, CT. We were excited to be part of their health smart kickoff! Lots of events, rock climbing wall, kids activities, grilled foods!
Monday, September 13, 2010
Green Market Dinner with Michele Nicheon
This was a wonderful event at the Bush Holley House in Greenwich Ct. Along with Michele Nicheon of The Dressing Room restaurant in Westport Ct we participated by providing our local and organic produce for the dinner held in the historical societies antique barn. A night to remember!
Cheese Making
So we have this beautiful old stone milkhouse on our farm built with fieldstones. We would milk our cows in the barn and store the milk in the milkhouse where it was cool. i thought I would learn the art of cheesemaking since we have the facility here to do that sort of thing.So my friend Michelle and I went to MA to take a cheesemaking class...YUCK cheesemaking is really gross. Basically you curdle the milk with bacteria and separtate the curds and whey. Doesn't look pretty but sure does taste good!
Cold Frame
Many people ask "What is a Cold Frame?" Cold frame farming is similiar to a greenhouse. But unlike just using a greenhouse for starting saplings in containers, with a coldframe you plant directly into the ground as soon as you can work the soil. The sides of a coldframe typically roll completely up and both ends open. The benefits of coldframe farming are you can extend your season by planting early and harvesting later into the season. You can grow items that typically might not grow in the region because you have more control of the elements. Your plants are protected during harsh weather and animals. Your vegetables have more of a field taste because they are planted into the soil rather than containers. Our coldframe is almost 3,000 square feet and we have many veggies growing right now!
Hay Season
About 2-3 times a year we cut and bale our hay. These memories go back to the mid 1970's for me. Every year my cousins and I would sit on top of the stacked bales as they were pulled into the barn!
Heirloom Tomatoes
It has been forever since i have last posted! I must be the worst blogger ever! It has been sooooo busy on the farm and I havent had a minute to sit down literally! It has been constant watering, harvesting, going to markets...lots of work! I did manage to snap a few pictures along the way. The first is a collection of our organic heirloom tomatoes! My favorite is the Mortgage Lifter...besides being wonderfully delicious and pink and juicy, it comes with a great story. In the 1930's a guy was out on his luck financially. He developed a tomoto seed variety and was able to raise $6,000 to pay off his mortgage...thus the name Mortgage Lifter!
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