The Black Cat Farm plants cardoons in early spring. Like most other thistles, cardoons are relatively easy to grow in Boulder county. In September, farm workers tie up the plants to bunch them together. They then wrap newspaper around the…
Purple rapini is a member of the mustard family. The Chinese name for it is Hon Tsai Tai. In addition to the leaves, the flowers and tender stems are also edible. The flowers can be snacked upon, added to salad,…
The Black Cat farm booth at the Boulder Farmers’ Market will include the following produce on November 2, 2013: Arugula Asian stir fry mix Beets Baby bok choy Borlotti beans, dried Braising mix Butter lettuce Cardoons Carrots Celery Kale (Russian)…
Perpetual spinach, a cross between spinach and Swiss chard, is the ultimate survivor. It morphs over the course of its extended growing season, growing nearly all year long. While spinach thrives in colder weather but bolts in hot weather, perpetual…
The Black Cat farm booth at the Boulder Farmers’ Market will include the following produce on October 26, 2013: Arugula Asian stir fry mix Beets Baby bok choy Borlotti beans, dried Braising mix Butter lettuce Cardoons Carrots Celery Fennel Kale…
The Black Cat farm booth at the Boulder Farmers’ Market will include the following produce on October 19, 2013: Arugula Asian stir fry mix Beets Baby bok choy Borlotti beans, dried Braising mix Butter lettuce Cabbages Cardoons Carrots Celery Fennel…
The Black Cat farm booth at the Boulder Farmers’ Market included the following produce on October 12, 2013: Arugula Asian stir fry mix Beets Baby bok choy Braising mix Butter lettuce Cabbages Cardoons Carrots Celery Fennel Green bell peppers Kale…
The Black Cat Farm suffered substantial losses due to the recent Boulder County flooding (apart from this blog, several news stories have documented the damages). In the wake of the unexpected, we have had occasion to laugh and count our…
The Black Cat farm booth at the Boulder Farmers’ Market included the following produce on October 5, 2013: Arugula Asian stir fry mix Beets Baby bok choy Braising mix Butter lettuce Cardoons Carrots Celery Fennel Green beans Green bell peppers…
Black Cat Farm-Table-Bistro and Bramble and Hare are one of the sponsors for this week’s IFS Food Film Festival (www.chow-down.com), which takes places from Wednesday, Oct. 9 through Sunday, Oct. 13. Boulder’s first event devoted to all things food…