by Douglas Brown | Aug 8, 2019 | Peppers
We serve them fresh. Roast them. Ferment them, pickle them and dry them. We grind them into powder, and turn them into sauces. And boy are we happy that pepper season is here. This year we planted 10 different varieties, with names like Shishito, Fushimi, Amish...
by Douglas Brown | Aug 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Raising livestock and vegetables involves more than the pleasures of the table. Peppers can be dried, fashioned into ristras, and hung around the house as decorative touches. Gourds make fantastic fall centerpieces. But sheepskins are another order of awesome. Seat...
by Douglas Brown | Jul 18, 2019 | herbs
We started farming more than a decade ago, and devoted the bulk of our efforts to vegetables for the first year. The farming bug hit us hard from the get-go, however, and soon we had chickens, and then a pig. And now the livestock include more 100 pigs and nearly 350...
by Douglas Brown | Jul 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Building and nurturing a working organic and biodynamic farm for both vegetables and livestock comes with a wild diversity of demands — everything from irrigating plants to moving pigs around between different fields. When it comes to livestock, there’s also the...
by Douglas Brown | Jul 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Black Cat Organic Farm is thrilled to announce the opening of our new dinner and event space on the farm. Our team spent several years transforming turn-of-the-century farm buildings into atmospheric, spacious stages for special events — everything from celebrations...
