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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2011-12 shares available now!

March 18, 2011

We are now taking deposits for Braeside Farms CSA 2011-12 farm shares! The summer weekly harvests  have just ended and as we embark on the winter farming season we have begun to ponder spring.  We are still putting the finishing touches on our 2011 crop list and the share contents will be similar to 2010. [...]

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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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February is actually March

February 17, 2011

If you receive our newsletter and you also receive our CSA shares, you know, we provide general information about our farm in newsletters and blog posts.   More specific information about shares is provided in Harvest Week emails.  That system has been good for us this year.  It allows us to communicate directly with CSA [...]

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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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Carrot Soup

January 11, 2011

Ingredients: 1 tbsp. Tillamook butter 1 tbsp. Bob’s Red Mill flour 1 cup organic half & half 1 & 1/2 cups organic homemade or store bought vegetable broth 2 & 1/2 cups locally grown carrots (winter carrots are sweet!), sliced 1 sprig (or 1 tbsp.) fresh parsley, chopped 1 tsp. basil, ground (you dried this [...]

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