by Douglas Brown | Sep 1, 2017 | belgian endive, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farmers market
With enough pepper, eggplant and tomato plants to supply the island of Corsica with produce for a year, we are awfully busy in the fields plucking fruit, tossing it into baskets, and hauling it on our shoulders up to the trucks. Among other things, we are turning...
by Douglas Brown | Apr 21, 2017 | arugula, belgian endive, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farmers market, harvest, leeks
Happy Friday, food lovers! It’s gloomy and chilly, and we have been busy harvesting for the restaurants and the market. Tomorrow, however, the forecast calls for sun. Chilly again, but bright and springy. Before we deliver our haul to the market and restaurants,...
by Douglas Brown | Apr 6, 2017 | arugula, belgian endive, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, chickens, leeks, sheep
When it’s 68 and sunny on a June morning, with the fields dew-spangled but not sodden, the breeze like a lamb’s breath, the meadowlarks belting our arias, the young basil perfuming the air — when all of these things conspire the farming experience...
