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 14, 2017 | Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farmers market, harvest, leeks, Uncategorized
The fairly recent rains and snow, coupled with this week’s sun, have coaxed quite a bit of green from the brown soil. We of course spent a lot of time in the fields, bent over to harvest things like sorrel and arugula. But the weeds fairly shouted their arrival...
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...
