by Douglas Brown | Jun 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Human power is essential at Black Cat Farm. We seed and plant. We irrigate. We weed. We harvest, clean vegetables and bring them to the Market and the restaurants. But we don’t do everything. Much of the work, in fact, gets done by our heritage pigs. Only for them,...
by Douglas Brown | May 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Harvests during April and May involve plenty of abundance. Overwintered vegetables like greens and carrots are vibrant and sweet, radishes and turnips emerge, and spring plantings of lettuces and other leafy plants root and rise. But the harvests aren’t wildly...
by Douglas Brown | May 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
We woke to the sun rising over the plains, a first in quite a number of days. The urge to face east and roar, “Welcome back, old friend!” erupted. Instead, we headed straight to the fields. Mud? Plenty. But the greens looked like they had spent a few weeks in the gym...
by Douglas Brown | May 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
The seasonal parade of vegetables involves some, like arugula, that strut early in the procession, then take a bow, but bounce back on stage here and there across the year. Others, like tomatoes, come on late and have only one go at it, but boy are they showy. Many of...
by Douglas Brown | May 3, 2019 | asparagus, sheep
It happens every spring: days of warmth and sun, followed by snow, mist, rain, fog, a swirling cloak of gray that sticks around for a patch of days. Were you, too, humming “Here Comes The Sun” yesterday when we woke up to that great fiery star in the sky? Rain is...
