Friday, May 8, 2015

Farm Friday

Sunset on the Farm

A few highlights from the week:

  • Had great opening day at the market - even got interviewed by both local radio stations
  • Hosted videographer who was here Sunday through Tuesday to film video lessons to accompany Bill's soon-to-be-published book
  • Attended agritourism workshop
  • Tried (and loved) a new wild edible - lambs quarters
  • Tried (and will need to experiment with) a new wild edible - curly dock/burdock
  • Made new recipe - butternut squash biscuits
  • Placed our feed order
  • Made deliveries
  • Made extra granola for a special order
  • Dried some herbs
  • Prepped for farmers' market

Have a great week!

2 comments:

David said...

Cherie, seriously you ate Burdock and Lambs Quarters? We here in row crop farm country consider those weeds to be eradicated. How do you fix weeds to eat? :-) I'm learning that almost all the plants that I thought were bad weeds are edible and are nutritious. Imagine that. I guess maybe God had a plan, huh. I never get too old to learn more about plants. Thanks for educating me on these two.

Have a great foraging wild edible plants day.

Cherie said...

David, lambs quarters are delicious and taste (and can be prepared) like spinach. I've seen references to it being sold at farmers' markets. think I piked burdock leaves that were a bit too old so had a bitter taste. I had an easy soup recipe that I found in a wild edibles book and I'll try again another time. Yes, it's amazing how many "weeds" are edible or useful.