tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14670170057422985062024-03-05T07:59:40.621-05:00 The Farm at Miller's CrossingA 200 acre certified organic family farm. The farm raises organic vegetables, beef and has a bedding plant business in the spring. We market through CSA, Farmer's Markets and Wholesale.The Farm at Miller's Crossinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403192718171538085noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467017005742298506.post-9449263317536399842014-07-11T15:59:00.000-04:002014-07-11T15:59:15.245-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some lovely morning and pre-storm picture taken by Brian Yorck.....Thank you!</div>
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In many of these photos you see the dramatic skies...but the drama is really happening below the surface of all of these wonderful cover crops. </div>
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Cover crops are typically a grain or legume that are grown between high value crops (vegetables in our case). These diverse crops break cycles of pests and disease that can build up over many years of growing vegetables. They also cover the soil keeping erosion at bay during heavy storms. They keep nutrients in place with their roots as well as by absorbing them into their plant material. Legume cover crops work with microbes in the soil to fix nitrogen from the air bringing it into the soil!!! </div>
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So as you enjoy these dramatic skies...ponder the complexities of the natural world and the richness that diversity gives to our soils and our lives.</div>
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Fields of barley</div>
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Mixed barley, oats, rye and peas</div>
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More mixed cover crops</div>
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This is the Rye & very colorful Vetch!</div>
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Waving in the breeze.</div>
<br />The Farm at Miller's Crossinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403192718171538085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467017005742298506.post-68018928392108744612013-06-18T22:31:00.000-04:002013-06-18T22:31:42.014-04:00Making Hay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We all headed out to the fields during the last dry spell...that does seem like awhile ago!</div>
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Kids, dogs, cousins, and all of our employees.</div>
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We do not always have that many folks helping, but the dry window was closing fast...it was due to rain momentarily!</div>
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The bales could have used a few more hours of blazing sun...they were heavy!!!</div>
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But as the saying goes many hands make little work and into the barn it all went.</div>
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We put it single layer on pallets to ensure it could dry a little more.</div>
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We are two weeks out from that day and the hays is stacked and dry,ready for the winter!</div>
The Farm at Miller's Crossinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403192718171538085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467017005742298506.post-18756407609951027212013-05-24T16:18:00.000-04:002013-05-24T16:18:00.640-04:00Planting Planting Planting.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Its cold, it's hot it's cold, it's hot... spring is unpredictable by nature. Since we do many plantings of many different crops we are considerably more protected from these fluctuations than farmers who grow only a few crops. Below is a quick sampling of what is in (and out of) the greenhouse right now. </div>
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Sweet corn waiting to be planted. We have some great sweet varieties for this season!</div>
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Lettuce in many colors and textures from tender boston to crisp romaine...salad is a staple all season long!!!</div>
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Lots of different summer squashes and zucchinis this year...middle eastern types, striped, golden, yellow and scalloped ones as well.</div>
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Behind these squashes you can see the cucumbers....we will have both pickling and slicers again this year....nothing like a cool cucumber salad on a hot summer day!</div>
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Here are the many peppers, tomatoes and eggplants that we have been planting...too many varieties to name. We will be doing four plantings of tomatoes this year and are hoping for another great tomato season!!!!</div>
The Farm at Miller's Crossinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403192718171538085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467017005742298506.post-8558530629269092932013-05-21T16:45:00.000-04:002013-05-21T16:45:00.132-04:00What we did this winter...<div style="text-align: center;">
Our blogging has taken a back seat to life...but we would like you to see what we spent our winter months doing...we were busy! We tended many fires...daily...sometimes all day! and into the night!!!</div>
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The steam was amazing...we worried the neighbors would think we were burning the place down....it was only steam though...no smoke...promise!</div>
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Our friend and neighbor Pam helped us out on more than one occasion....here she is testing the sugar density of the syrup with the hydrometer.</div>
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Our new sugar shack...built into a corner of our pole barn. We look forward to the evolution of this new enterprise.<br />
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And of course the end product is very good, very sweet and leaves you wanting more. We hope to be crafting a CSA sugar share for the future!<br />
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The Farm at Miller's Crossinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403192718171538085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467017005742298506.post-33490290723693366302013-05-17T14:27:00.000-04:002013-05-17T14:27:00.104-04:002013 Plant Sale<br />
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<span style="font-size: 36.0pt;">8<sup>th</sup> Annual Spring Plant Sale<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 26.0pt;">Certified Organic Plants<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Exotic and ever blooming annuals to make your gardens
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Easy carefree color anywhere you like<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">From route 9 head east on route 23 from the light in
Claverack, +/- one mile take a left onto route 217, +/- one mile take your
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Philmont/Harlemville exit. Go west on
route 217 through Philmont and Mellenville, past the old <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Taconic</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Hills</st1:placetype>
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The Farm at Miller's Crossinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403192718171538085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467017005742298506.post-87103943926012714222013-05-14T14:13:00.001-04:002013-05-14T14:13:45.272-04:00Oh the Color!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just harvested!!!! D"Avingnon Radishes</div>
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I love this purple...with the dark center.</div>
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This is a favorite for the season, Etain violet...a perennial with the most delicate colors.</div>
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Another favorite Osteospurnum.</div>
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Our trailers are filled with amazing colors right now. All survived the frost last night and are hardier for it!</div>
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We are getting ready for plant sale season...Trade Secrets on the 18th, Our Farm sale on the 25th....and then at the end of June the Hidden Gardens Tour in Spencertown June 22nd...every weekend at the Hudson Farmers Market and on farm by appointment.</div>
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Get ready to plant!</div>
The Farm at Miller's Crossinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403192718171538085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467017005742298506.post-17394691627506750722012-07-10T21:37:00.001-04:002012-07-10T21:37:45.199-04:00<strong>CSA Share--Week of July 9</strong><br />
The share looks even better than this picture--which is beautiful! Thanks Victor!<br />
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Our friends and fellow farmers at Grazin Angus Acres just had a nice video produced about their successful diner in Hudson. Check it out--We hear the carrots they serve are the best!<br />
<a href="http://handpickednation.com/watch/grazin-diner-farm-to-table-direct-hudson-valley-nystate-local/">http://handpickednation.com/watch/grazin-diner-farm-to-table-direct-hudson-valley-nystate-local/</a>kcashenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07062258439160813087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467017005742298506.post-9686896538986981942012-06-13T10:25:00.001-04:002012-06-13T10:25:42.392-04:00<strong>CSA Share--Week Two!</strong><br />
Thanks for the picture, Lynda!<br />
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We love our CSA members--Here's a picture that one of our members posted on their Facebook page showing off their first week's share. Enjoy!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">7<sup>th</sup> Annual Spring Plant Sale</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Exotic and ever blooming annuals to make your gardens
and containers bright from spring until frost<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Easy carefree color anywhere you like<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Bring your family and enjoy our 200 acre
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<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For more information, call Katie or Chris
(518) 851 – 2331<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">From Route 9, head
east on Route 23 from the light in Claverack, +/- one mile take a left onto Route
217, +/- one mile take your first right onto Roxbury Road West End.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The farm is 1/8<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> of a mile on
left.</span></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">From the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Taconic</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype></st1:place> pkwy take Philmont/Harlemville
exit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Go west on Route 217 through
Philmont and Mellenville, past the old <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Taconic</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Hills</st1:placetype>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">High School</st1:placetype></st1:place> on your right
and take next left onto Roxbury Road West End (approx. 5 miles). The farm is
1/8<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> of a mile on left.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">farmatmillerscrossing.com</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>kcashenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07062258439160813087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467017005742298506.post-62002751905403073662012-05-13T14:19:00.000-04:002012-05-13T14:19:07.477-04:00Grand Opening/15th Anniversary at the Hudson Farmers' Market
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Lots of activity on the farm--plants, animals and children. Here's just a few recent pictures.
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<div style="text-align: center;">Now it is clear why the barn floor was wet after the rain!!!</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chilled Arugula!</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Our winter CSA distributions will start November 19th and we will be going through February 2012!!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cozy under the remay!</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Though mother nature has thoroughly tested us this season, we have had an incredibly bountiful year. We were able to freeze tomatoes, peppers, beans and collards and kale, all to be distributed along side our fresh from the field vegetables, as well as our fall harvested storage crops!!!!! It will be great eating all winter long.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yikes it looks cold out there!</td></tr>
</tbody></table> We are busy planning for next year....on the horizon is some new cultivating equipment to better kill weeds in the small grains that we raise for our cover crop needs....as well as field houses for our summer tomato crop...we really can't stomach another season like this past one (very few tomatoes)!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cold Cold Cold</td></tr>
</tbody></table> We are presently re-roofing our main barn in preparation for housing the inverter for our new solar system...going in before the snow flies...ooops I guess I should say before the winter really kicks in!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mesclun in the Cooler</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Because ...that is snow on the mesclun in that photo...<br />
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</tbody></table>The kids had a blast this weekend and the snow forts and snow men are still standing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kale only sweetens with the cold</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Fortunately the snow has left the fields and the vegetables fared well.<br />
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</tbody></table>Pipi, the scarecrow, captain Jack and our little politician are ready for a great winter!!!!The Farm at Miller's Crossinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403192718171538085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467017005742298506.post-44293899835912275762011-09-06T12:23:00.001-04:002011-09-06T12:25:27.790-04:00Week of September 6th 2011From the farmers…<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I have often thought of September as the best time to be a farmer. A majority of the work is behind you, the constant pressure to plant and irrigate begins to subside, and the pleasant weather and cooler temps make for ideal working conditions…Most years anyways. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our 1st place Red Onions at The Columbia County Fair </td></tr>
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The week of sunshine after Hurricane Irene helped to dry things out, and begins the healing from all of the flooding caused by this historic weather event.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Just as we started to think about things other than flooding, these past 3-4 days of heavy rains have put us right back into crisis mode. Unfortunately, whatever mode we are in, there is nothing we can do about the weather…other than hope and pray that the current trends change</div><br />
We spend most of our time trying to anticipate the problems we may have, and managing things accordingly.<br />
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With our superb hard working crew, our years of experience, and a beautiful farm that is full of prime soils and level fields, we often feel “in control.”<br />
This feeling of control has been lost—with the dramatic flooding and continuing rain, I feel like the hardest part of all of this is letting go of the idea that we can control our destiny.<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Based on the most recent radar images, we will receive much more rain in the coming 48 hours, and then have a respite in the form of 5 days with no forecasted rain. We can only hope that our dangerously full creek can drain just enough in the coming 12 hours before the next rain event swells it again. We will not know how bad things will be until later in the week.</div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Despite all of this hardship and strife, we are still happy to say the shares should remain full for the foreseeable future, and we have our fingers crossed that our fall crops which are predominately planted on our highest fields will make it through all of these rains, and be there for us in October and beyond.</div> <br />
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</tbody></table> Despite our own hardships, we know growers all around us who have lost everything—with no hope of any crops for the remainder of the year. Through no fault of their own, these competent and professional farmers have lost their entire years’ worth of work, and there is nothing that can be done about.<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It is hard to imagine how that would feel, and our thoughts are with them.</div>We hope to be able to donate to these farms anything that we have in surplus, and will be reaching out to them in the coming days and weeks to offer our assistance.<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">In a good year, with plenty of sunshine and occasional rains, farming can seem to be an idyllic profession. We have often counted ourselves as lucky to have found a profession that we love so much, and gives us an opportunity to make a living off the land.</div>In the span of the last 4-5 weeks, this idyllic picture has been disturbed, and but not lost completely. We hope that these current challenges teach us things that will help us in the future (now we really know how high our creek can get!), and as the saying goes, that which does not kill you makes you stronger.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Collards w/ Onion & Bacon Serves 8</span></strong><br />
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2 lbs. COLLARDS, trim tough stems, chop fine stems & leaves coarse<br />
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1/2 tsp. RED PEPPER FLAKES, to taste<br />
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1/4 cup CIDER VINEGAR<br />
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1&1/4 cups BROTH<br />
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3 ONIONS (red or other), chop coarse<br />
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1/2 lb BACON, chop<br />
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2 Tbsp. BROWN SUGAR<br />
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In stockpot crisp bacon, save fat, drain bacon on paper towels. In same pot sauté onion in 3T baconfat til golden & soft. Move onion w/ slotted spoon to bowl. To same pot add broth, vinegar, sugar, red pepper flake, 1/2 the bacon, & stir til sugar dissolves. Add 1/2 the collards, toss til a bit wilted, add 1/2 the collards, & toss. Simmer covered 30min. Stir in onion, simmer covered 30m til very tender. Serve topped w/ remaining bacon.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Pasta w/ Basil Goat Cheese Sauce Serves 6</span></strong><br />
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1 lb. BOWTIE PASTA<br />
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1 cup lightly packed BASIL <br />
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3/4 cup packed MINT <br />
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1/2 cup SPINACH, steamed & drained<br />
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1/2 cup PARMESAN<br />
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2 Tbsp. BUTTER, soft<br />
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2 GARLIC CLOVES, mince<br />
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1&1/4 tsp. SEA SALT<br />
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1/2 tsp. PEPPER<br />
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6-8oz. GOAT CHEESE<br />
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Cook pasta, drain & save 2T. cooking water. Put basil, cilantro, spinach, Parm, butter, garlic, s&p in processor & pulse smooth. Blend in cheese. Mix pasta, sauce & cooking water. <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">EZ Salad of Orzo & Squashes</span></strong><br />
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Sauté ZUCCHINI, yellow SQUASH & SCALLIONS in OLIVE OIL until tender. Toss with cooked ORZO, PARSLEY, DILL, GOAT CHEESE, s&p.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Roast Beets & Carrots w/ Orange-Rosemary Vinaigrette</span></strong><br />
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1/2 bunch BEETS<br />
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1 bunch small CARROTS<br />
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1/4 cup ORANGE JUICE<br />
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3 Tbsp. RICE VINEGAR<br />
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1 SHALLOT, minced<br />
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Leaves from 2 sprigs ROSEMARY, chopped fine<br />
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Set oven to 375. Put beets in dish w/ a little water, cover & roast 45-60min. Cool slightly, peel, quarter. Toss carrot w/ oil, salt, roast 25-30m. Mix oj, vinegar, shallot, rosemary in saucepan, bring to boil. Simmer til reduced by half, add a dash salt. Cool slightly, whisk in oil to taste. Toss veggies w/ dressing, plate. Eat warm or room temp.The Farm at Miller's Crossinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403192718171538085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467017005742298506.post-55107397867568690562011-07-26T14:24:00.000-04:002011-07-26T14:24:05.390-04:00Week of July 26th 2011<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"> A shift in weather has everyone, farmers, animals, and plants, breathing a sigh of relief after a nice bit of rain, and some cooler temperatures, for a few days at least. </shapetype></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a cool spot!</td></tr>
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We made it through the worst of the weather with LOTS of irrigation, and lots of swimming in the creek!</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skipping Stones</td></tr>
</tbody></table> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Everything and everyone needs lots of water in that kind of heat—throughout that heat wave and dry spell, we felt like triage nurses attending to the worst patients in the fields.</div> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our new pump finds its home streamside!</td></tr>
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We finished weeding our wintersquashes this past week, and they look good. The heat really pushed them along, many flowers have been open and are pollinated, and there even a few varieties with large fruits, and some with lil’ labies! </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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1 cup ARUGULA leaves <br />
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1 cup PARSLEY leaves <br />
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4 large SUN DRIED TOMATOES, soaked in oil <br />
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3/4 cup toasted PISTACHIOS <br />
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6 Tbsp. OLIVE OIL <br />
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4 Tbsp. finely grated PARMESAN <br />
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1 tsp. each SALT & PEPPER<br />
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1 lb. dry FUSILI PASTA (or another shape)<br />
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Boil pasta. Put arugula, parsley, tomato, nuts in processor & pulse to make a fine paste. Gradually add oil, Parm. s&p. Drain pasta, toss w/ pesto. <br />
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Garlic Herb Marinade 1 cup<br />
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1/2 cup Worcestershire<br />
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1/4 cup OLIVE OIL<br />
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1/4 cup apple cider VINEGAR<br />
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1/4 cup chopped BASIL or oregano<br />
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2 Tbsp. chopped GARLIC<br />
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1/4 tsp. SALT<br />
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Whisk all. Use with meats or vegetables as a marinade for 3 to 24 hours. Grill as desired.<br />
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Whole Wheat Zucchini Bars<br />
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1 cup SUGAR <br />
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3 EGGS <br />
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2/3 cup OLIVE OIL <br />
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2 cup whole wheat FLOUR<br />
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1/2 cup regular FLOUR<br />
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1 tsp. BAKING POWDER <br />
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1 tsp. CINNAMON <br />
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2 cups ZUCCHINI, grated <br />
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1/2 cup RAISINS &/or chopped NUTS <br />
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1 cup CONFECTIONER’S SUGAR <br />
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1/2 tsp. CREAM OF TARTAR <br />
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1 POWDERED EGG WHITE <br />
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2 Tbsp. WATER<br />
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1 Tbsp. LEMON JUICE <br />
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Mix sugar & eggs. Add oil, flours, baking powder, cinnamon & mix well. Stir in zucchini & raisins/nuts. Pour in 13x9" greased baking dish & bake at 350' 45 min. Let cool. Mix confectioner's, cream of tartar, egg white, water & lemon juice to make lemon icing (or use your own recipe for a lemon glaze). When bars cool, drizzle w/ icing. Cut & serve. <br />
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Creamy Ranch Dressing makes 1&1/2 cups <br />
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Whisk 3/4 cup MAYO & 1/2 cup BUTTERMILK. Stir in 2 Tbsp. chopped PARSLEY, 1 Tbsp. LEMON JUICE, 1/2 tsp. powdered MUSTARD, 1/4 tsp. DILL, 1/4 tsp. EACH S&P. Cover, chill 1hr. to overnight. Store refrigerated up to 5 days. Dip those lovely RADISHES & enjoy!The Farm at Miller's Crossinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403192718171538085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467017005742298506.post-43451888271732574812011-07-19T14:15:00.000-04:002011-07-19T14:15:39.764-04:00Week of July 18th 2011<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Bringing in the harvest…….and keeping it cold!!!!!</div>We know summer is really here when the nights no longer offer relief from the heat, and it is now that we all benefit from the cooling system in our wash area.<br />
Even in the early morning hours, the produce comes in hot from the fields. It is Eduardo’s job at this point to get it cool fast!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eduardo King of the wash area</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The water in the tank behind Eduardo (above) is cooled and held at 38 degrees. Dunking the greens into this cold water takes the field heat right out of the produce. From there it goes into our cooler and then into our refrigerated truck to you!!! Nutrient loss is significantly decreased by chilling produce quickly and maintaining that temperature until it is eaten.<br />
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This is what the Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment has to say about post harvesting handling and local seasonal eating.<br />
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The Bottom Line<br />
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While all of the factors affecting nutritional quality of fruits and vegetables – crop variety, production method, post-harvest handling, storage, and processing and packaging – apply equally to produce that is produced locally or on farms across the country, relying on local sources for your produce needs has some distinct advantages. First, even when the highest post-harvest handling standards are met, foods grown far away that spend significant time on the road, and therefore have more time to loss nutrients before reaching the marketplace. Famers growing for a local (and especially a direct) market favor taste, nutrition and diversity over shipability when choosing varieties. Greater crop diversity from the farmer means greater nutritional diversity for the eater. Third, in direct and local marketing strategies, produce is usually sold within 24 hour after harvest, at its peak freshness and ripeness, making consuming them a more attractive prospect. Fourth, during this short time and distance, produce is likely handled by fewer people, decreasing potential for damage, and typically not harvested with industrial machinery. Minimizing transportation and processing can ensure maximum freshness and flavor, and nutrient retention.<br />
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This may seem like an overly simplistic explanation of why local fruits and vegetables are more healthful than those from our conventional long haul agricultural system. In the Northeast, diets based on foods available locally can be nutritionally adequate year-round. Concerns over nutritional adequacy usually arise because people are unaware of what is available. Fortunately, this guide can provide you with information regarding the delicious seasonal items of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, and how to prepare and store them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our salad spinner</td></tr>
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Past this link in your browser for an easy printable 3 page list of produce and how to store it…it comes from California…so it list many vegetables and fruits that we do not get locally here in the northeast, but I thought it was helpful for those of you looking for more information.<br />
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http://www.mylifestylediet.com/Berkeley%20Farmers%20Market%20Tips%20for%20Storing%20Produce.pdf<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Bulk tank that keeps the water COLD!!!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Enjoy your local, fresh, chilled share!!!! KatieThe Farm at Miller's Crossinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403192718171538085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467017005742298506.post-84789123170016347892011-07-12T13:30:00.000-04:002011-07-12T13:30:32.280-04:00Recipes for The Farm at Miller’s Crossing, Week 6 – 2011<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 cups WHITE BEANS, drained</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 sm. ZUCCHINI, sliced in half moons</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 ONION, diced</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 CARROT, julienned</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 tsp. each MARJORAM & BASIL</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 lb. SPINACH or other tender leafy greens, chopped</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 lb. spinach EGG NOODLES, cooked</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 tsp. LEMON JUICE</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Put stock, beans, zucchini, onion, carrot, spices, s&p in soup pot, bring to gentle simmer. When vegetables are tender add greens, noodles, s&p, lemon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Kohlrabi Parmesan Serves 4</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">4 small KOHLRABI (1lb), peel, coarsely shredded (3c</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 med red or green BELL PEPPER, chop (3/4c</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 med CARROT, coarse shred (1/2c</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/4 cup grated Parm or Romano CHEESE</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Melt butter in skillet. Stir in kohlrabi, pepper, carrot. Sauté 4-5 min. til crisp-tender. Stir in 1/4 cheese, thyme, s&p. Serve w/ extra cheese sprinkled on top if you wish.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Radish Parsley Salad w Lemon Serves 2-3</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mix 10 RADISHES sliced 1/8”, 3 ribs CELERY sliced 1/8", 1 cup PARSLEY. Whisk 1 Tbsp. LEMON juice, 1/4 tsp. Kosher SALT, 2 Tbsp. OLIVE OIL. Toss all. Black PEPPER on top. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Spring Onion Soup Serves 6 </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 Tbsp. OLIVE OIL EatingWell.com</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 lg. Vidalia ONIONS, sliced</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 cups chopped SPRING ONION (or leek; white, light green only)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 Tbsp. chopped GARLIC</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 tsp. chopped THYME</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/4 cup SHERRY</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 tsp. PEPPER</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">3 14oz. cans beef BROTH</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">15oz. can CHICKPEAS, rinse, drain</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/4 cup minced CHIVE or scallion</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">6 slices whole wheat country BREAD</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 cup shredded Gruyère or fontina CHEESE</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Heat oil in pan medhi. Add Vidalia, stir. Cover, set med, sauté soft, starting to brown 6-8m. Add spring onion, garlic, thyme, sauté til start soft 3-4. Stir in sherry, pepper; set to medhi, bring to simmer. Sauté til most liquid evaporates 1-2. Stir in broth, chickpea, bring boil. Set heat simmer, cook veggies tender 3. Remove from heat, stir in chive. Toast bread, put in soup bowls; top w/ 1/6th cheese. Ladle soup on. The chickpeas make it a hearty main.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>The Farm at Miller's Crossinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403192718171538085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467017005742298506.post-15291330930934374422011-07-12T13:25:00.000-04:002011-07-12T13:25:31.782-04:00Week of July 11th 2011<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Garlic is in!!!!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We save our own garlic from year to year for planting</td></tr>
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Sunday was garlic harvesting day! Four full trailers were loaded full of a beautiful crop.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The heads are not as large as last season, but they will be plentiful, as each year we plant a bit more for your seasoning pleasure.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">You will notice how different this hardneck garlic is from the California supermarket type. There are no wasted small cloves in the middle, only large easy to peel cloves; between four and six of them.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The heavy workload is upon us….As the temperatures rise, and the rain becomes sparse, we are starting the heavy irrigation cycles that are typical of this time of year. Drip at night on the tomatoes, cucumbers, squashes, peppers and eggplants and overhead sprinklers in the mornings and evenings on all the other crops. Moving pipe and traveling reel type sprinklers takes up a lot of our time.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Though Connelly does not have to water all the fields like this, he was in charge of watering the yard garden!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first irrigation catastrophe...the bearing went on this pump...again!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">In addition to irrigation, lots of hoeing and hand weeding needs to take place. After the wet spring any weeds that were not killed through mechanical means (using tractor driven weeders) now need to be handled by hand.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</span>The Farm at Miller's Crossinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403192718171538085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467017005742298506.post-46853921062465255262011-07-12T13:05:00.000-04:002011-07-12T13:05:53.392-04:00Newsletter Week of July 4th 2011FROM THE FARM….<br />
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As you can imagine, we watch the weather very carefully.<br />
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It is a source of comfort to have some idea of what is coming next, so we can prepare, and do the things we need to do according to the weather.<br />
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I often wonder how farmers long ago could plan their weeks, with only their own instincts to follow.<br />
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While the forecast helps us plan, it can also inform us in other ways.<br />
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There have been reports of the dreaded Late Blight both on Long Island, in CT, and in Dutchess County NY.<br />
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Some of you may remember the 2009 season, when we lost our field tomatoes to this disease. Right now our tomatoes are looking great, growing like weeds, and starting to produce fruits. As they grow we stake and trellis the plants, which is extremely labor intensive.<br />
To lose a crop of tomatoes after all the work in growing them is a very painful and expensive experience. All of that work and investment which began in March in the greenhouse goes right down the drain.<br />
Organic farmers are allowed to use copper on their fields to act as a fungicide to kill Late Blight. The copper is mixed with water, then sprayed on the plants.<br />
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We have not yet sprayed this year, and the forecast is our main guide. Without cool and wet conditions to spread, generally Late Blight is not an issue. <br />
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Nothing is more lethal to Late Blight then hot and sunny weather, which is what we are supposed to have this week, minus a passing shower or two.<br />
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We are not big sprayers anyway, and really would rather not coat our plants with blue copper sprays—but if the forecast should change, and the conditions become favorable for Late Blight, we will apply it in order to protect out crop.<br />
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This past week we baled up another 90 round bales (about 70,000 lbs. of hay!) which puts us at our goal for the cattle’s winter feed.<br />
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Unfortunately there is not time to celebrate, as the vegetables are coming on now full strength. Winter squashes, melons and cucumbers are beginning to flower and vine out. <br />
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Our fall carrots are germinated, and we’ll seed carrots one more time this year for fresh bunching.<br />
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Our storage cabbage and cauliflower are going in the ground this week, and our brussel sprouts and fall kales are starting to root in the field.<br />
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We seeded our fall broccoli and cauliflower this past week, and after some Napa cabbage, lettuce, and one more broccoli seeding we’ll be done with greenhouse seeding.<br />
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We will now focus our energies on weeding, irrigating and picking!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div>The Farm at Miller's Crossinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03403192718171538085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1467017005742298506.post-35757594039246092502011-06-28T12:51:00.000-04:002011-06-28T12:51:19.764-04:00Newsletter June 28th 2011FROM THE FARM….<br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihERl0eDJfIKRw5FxnmdWOS5KxeBq7Vzjt6xa1CssYBNzAXsg7LTavpAdEmhuzd9bbD4r1IiT2conhQ5A4QWxKZV_Gm_mOMa2GXeFp8z2tUVYQOLMX982cn6Ezue-79yN0CcrjgK4p5Vc/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihERl0eDJfIKRw5FxnmdWOS5KxeBq7Vzjt6xa1CssYBNzAXsg7LTavpAdEmhuzd9bbD4r1IiT2conhQ5A4QWxKZV_Gm_mOMa2GXeFp8z2tUVYQOLMX982cn6Ezue-79yN0CcrjgK4p5Vc/s400/007.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">As I was walking the farm on Monday morning observing the two sizable piles of round bales, neatly covered in plastic to protect them from the rain. I marveled that in this the wettest of Springs we were able to get over 210 round bales made, 50 bales of straw and 700 square bales for the horses. Last year we did not make more than 200 bales over the course of the whole season…every year is different.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First Cucumbers mulched with Straw</td></tr>
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</tbody></table> My reflection continued towards thinking about farming. Specifically the varying careers that people have who are called “farmers”. There are Dairy farmers, sheep farmers, goat farmers, beef farmers, horse farmers….then there are vegetable farmers, crop farmers, hay farmers, grass farmers, flower farmers and often even friends of ours in the perennial greenhouse business are farmers.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Though we are all harvesting the bounty of the natural world and are often intimately connected to the rulings of Mother Nature and the animal rhythms, our day to day work is quite different. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It is fascinating to think that in one life time of work a grain farmer may only have 50 harvests. There is not much room for error there…a few bad years are hard to absorb for a small farm. It is easy to see why many of those farmers sold out to larger farmers…spread out over varying terrain and now even countries.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">In contrast we seed lettuce every week during the growing season here at Miller’s Crossing. We are able to experience well over 30 harvests per year of that one crop. Lettuce, however, is one of many crops that we grow here. Tomatoes, cucumbers and summer squash are more similar to the grain farmers in that they are planted 2 times per year, three if you are lucky.</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First Planting of Zucchini & Summer Squash</td></tr>
</tbody></table> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The contrast in those two crops is not without a lot of thought behind it…as a matter of fact the farm that we have today is the result of millions of decisions made over the course of our careers as farmers; decisions about fields, soils, customers, and family.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The decision to be a highly diversified vegetable farm is directly related to small farm economics. The diversity that keeps your meals interesting is directly related to the diversity that keeps this farm economically viable. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Growing so many different crops allows us to spread the risk out over many different types of soils, seasons, and customer preferences. You have all weathered the tomato disaster of 2009 and reaped the bounty of tomatoes in 2010. When the Kale gets hit by hot weather you eat Swiss Chard!!! For this we are thankful.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Many times the diversity feels inefficient. How much faster we could get things done if we only grew three things. How we could ease the human labor, if we only grew carrots and bought a carrot harvesting machine…..but how much carrot soup and cake and loaf can any one family eat?</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The details are endless, the rewards great!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Enjoy this week’s harvest, Katie</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">End of the First Summer Ockawamic Creek Run</td></tr>
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