It’s been nice, hasn’t it? Summer had been plodding along, climatically, as a parade of hot, dry days. We began to look west for signs of smoke. But then the temperatures dropped, some rain fell, and the haze that seemed…
The first chunk of every farmers’ market season gets dominated by leafy things and rooty things — lettuces, kale, spinach, turnips, spring onions, radishes. And then the fruiting vegetables begin appearing — peas are early fruiters, but the rest of…
We spend a lot of time in fields — preparing soil, planting, weeding, harvesting, tending to animals, irrigating and as of this week hosting a farm dinner as well, our first-ever at Black Cat Farm. None of it would be…
We finally are harvesting some fruiting vegetables: summer squash, Anaheim peppers and … shishito peppers! We are so very pleased to raise the little flavor bombs known as shishitos this year. They have many preparations, but the easiest is probably tossed…
Longer days, warm nights, the strong sun arcing over the fields day after day, plenty of irrigation (thank you mountain snow!) — all of the above makes Black Cat Farm’s plants exceedingly happy. Growing up in such healthy soil, under conditions…
And now comes the heat. The mixture of quick afternoon thunderstorms combined with daytime temperatures in the 70s and low 80s has been ideal. The farm looks plugged in — like it somehow is being lit from within. The colors…
All that we do here in Black Cat World — farming, cooking, service — revolves around something we treasure: hospitality. We toil to make sure our actions on the farm are earth- and community-hospitable. We sell this food at the market,…
Farming would be so much easier if we planted just one thing, like corn or tomatoes. Prep the soil in the spring. Wait for the right day during the planting window to put things in the ground. Plant. Weed. Harvest.…
Happy Friday, Black Catters. It has been a busy week. We have been planting at a fevered pace for a few weeks, and due to the snow/rain that we saw coming earlier in the week we understood we had to…
Now is a favorite time of the growing season — we are planting summer. In go the tomato and pepper starts. In go the eggplant and cauliflower and tomatillos. And this year, in go the potatoes. We grew potatoes a…