by Douglas Brown | Mar 13, 2018 | arugula, biodynamic, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farm to table, farmers market, harvest, organic, pig, sheep
We could do without the wind — the physics that turns air tactile is not our farm friend. And we all could use more moisture, especially in the mountains. The snowier those peaks, the more reliable and abundant our summer and fall irrigation. But we will take the...
by Douglas Brown | Feb 11, 2018 | arugula, biodynamic, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farm to table, harvest, organic
Planting from seed? Not yet. Massive harvests? Soon, but for now the vegetable bounty is minimal. Plowing fields, dealing with irrigation, wrestling with pests? Nope, negative, not one bit. The plant part of our farm equation now rests, for the most part. But not for...
by Douglas Brown | Nov 10, 2017 | biodynamic, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farm to table, farmers market, harvest, organic
The bulk of the harvesting for 2018 is wrapping-up. We spent a good bit of time this week in the field that holds our polenta corn, which has been drying on the stalks since August. Now, we harvest the cobs and deliver them to a barn, where they will dry some more. At...
by Douglas Brown | Oct 12, 2017 | Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farmers market, harvest
Our first frost in Boulder normally happens somewhere during the first 10 days of October, and sure enough, that’s what happened this year. As anticipated, the hard frost whacked the tomatoes, peppers, basil and eggplant for the year, as well as select greens...
by Douglas Brown | Oct 6, 2017 | Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farmers market, harvest
Winter is coming. On Monday. If you planned on making tomato sauce to put up or freeze; pickling peppers; cooking big batches of baba ganoush from local organic eggplants, calabacitas with summer squash and corn, or salsa with jalapenos and cherry tomatoes — well, you...
by Douglas Brown | Jul 21, 2017 | Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farmers market, harvest
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 the...
