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Thanksgiving Day Trips

November 23, 2011

Many local farms & craft businesses are open on Thansksgiving weekend! Here are some of our favorites: Thanksgiving open house at Clear Creek Distillery Friday the 25th & Sat. the 26th 9a.m.-5p.m. in NW Portland. For great wine tastings check out the Event List on oregonwinecountry.org. There are too many for us to list here! [...]

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New Batch of Biodiesel ready

October 21, 2011

We just completed a fresh batch of biodiesel.  It is ready in time for the finishing touches on our fall planting. With any luck, the great fall weather we are currently having, will hold on long enough to allow us to prepare for our winter and spring tilling.

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Farmers Depend On Patient Customers During Rough Weather

August 28, 2011

This is a great newsletter from our friends at Local Harvest.  It is entitled “Buying Local in Hard Weather”.  Enjoy and let us know your thoughts. Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter. August is the month that local food lovers await. Tomatoes, melons, peppers, eggplant, etcetera, all in abundance – at least in the temperate [...]

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Sugar Snap Peas

June 21, 2011

Try this easy sugar snap peas recipe for a summer side dish: Ingredients: 2 tsp. high heat sunflower oil 1 pound local sugar snap peas 4 scallions, roughly chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 1/8 tsp. Kosher salt 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper 1 large sprig fresh mint, roughly chopped Directions: In a large skillet heat [...]

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Farm Update: Deliveries for 2011 Shares to Start Week of June 20th

May 5, 2011

After such a cold spring we’re looking forward to sunny days & the new farm season!  We only have a couple CSA shares left so please contact us now to get home delivered local food.  For current members, we’ll email you individually with more details.

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Cool Rains Slow Spring Growth

April 5, 2011

Abnormally low temperatures and heavy precipitation have pushed our spring planting dates forward.  This means we will have a later starting date for the spring 2011 shares.  But on the bright side we should have ample salad greens in June and plenty of water for late summer drip irrigation.  Greenhouse planting has kept us busy [...]

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Sunroot Soup with Bacon

March 30, 2011

We have lots of Sunroot at this time of year and hear is a great way we use them.  Try this delicious sunroot & potato soup for an early spring treat and let us know what you think. We find it’s perfect for a rainy day! Ingredients: 1/2 cup water 2 lbs. sunroots (also known [...]

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Freak Snow Storm Boggles Harvest

March 1, 2011

After getting 8″ of snow in 4 hours we realized the harvest was doomed so we rescheduled for March 22.  Luckily we have the early spring green starts protected in the cold frame greenhouse so they didn’t get buried!  Temperatures dipped into the low teens last week but our Asian greens survived.  The variety we [...]

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Spring is coming, sort of !?!

February 21, 2011

A snowy and sunny winter this year is slowly staring to turn into spring.  Our cattle are tired of the rainy days already and can’t decide if the snow and ice are better.  The chickens on the other hand, tucked away in their house could not care less.  Rather they wait, not so patiently for [...]

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Rosemary Pork Roast

January 26, 2011

Local food that’s easy to prepare: try this delicious pork roast for dinner tonight! Ingredients: 1 3-5 lb. pork shoulder roast, thawed 3 sprigs fresh rosemary, chopped in half 4 tbsp. high heat sunflower oil 6 cloves garlic, peeled & chopped in half 1 cup carrots, roughly chopped to 1/2 inch cubes ground black pepper [...]

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