Homemade pizza made from scratch with all farmer's market ingredients. Too much junk on there to be able to pick it up without it falling apart, so it required fork and knife to eat, but was super delicious!
Farm happenings
The busier we have gotten, the more reliant we have become on our wonderful help. We have two friends helping us out this year for which we are very grateful. There is no way we would be able to do all of this ourselves, that’s for sure.
Along with good people, we have also invested some money in working with better tools too. You would be amazed at the difference between trying to hand weed everything versus being able to use the walk- behind wheel hoe and all the other different garden hoes that we have been using this year.
We also just found out that we were approved for a grant through the Natural Resources Conservation Service for working on season extension with flowers. We are hoping to get the greenhouse up for use this fall, but that seems to be sneaking up on us quick. With the greenhouse ordered, we are now beginning to plan when we can get some extra help out here. There are anywhere from 25-30 hoops and each one is about 7 pieces that you have to put together, drilling metal to metal.
At this point, between raising our own greenhouses and helping others, we have constructed quite a few. It helps to know the method for the madness, but that doesn’t make it any less laborious. So we thought about buying pizza and beer for all of our friends, and seeing how many people we can recruit.
The first year that we decided to put up greenhouses, it took us all winter. It is not so much fun being out in the cold trying to drill through metal. We have to get the ground posts in before the ground freezes, but we were able to do it. Rain or shine, or snow I guess when you do it in the winter. Hopefully this year we can get enough recruits that we won’t have to be bundled up doing it in the snow. I mean at least you are enjoying being outside in the winter time, but I would much rather be throwing snowballs instead!
What’s included this week?
1. Apple Cider from Paige’s Produce… man it’s good!
2. Butternut squash because we are approaching fall quickly J
3. Tomatoes- probably the end, as summer crops are ending soon
4. Potatoes
5. Onions
6. Yams- great like a baked potato with brown sugar and butter inside, or slice real thin and make chips by either frying or baking until crispy… yum!
Recipe of the Week
Tasty Butternut Squash Soup
(I know it’s just barely fall, but this is such a comfort food for me sometimes I just can hardly wait.)
1 (2 to 3 pound) butternut squash, peeled and seeded
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 medium onion, chopped
6 cups chicken stock
Nutmeg
Salt and ground black pepper
Cut squash into 1-inch chunks. In large pot melt butter. Add onion and cook until translucent, about 8 minutes. Add squash and stock. Bring to a simmer and cook until squash is tender, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove squash chunks with slotted spoon and place in a blender and puree. Return blended squash to pot. Stir and season with nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Serve.
Thank you for your support,
Gretel and Steve
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