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 | Uncategorized
Hey! Where did we go? Just mosey south from our former Farmers’ Market spot and you’ll find our new stand. It’s spiffier, we love the location, but best of all, it’s bigger! As our farm continues to expand, we simply outgrew the former...
by Douglas Brown | Apr 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
One of our projects this week revolved around wheat. Did you know that all of the wheat flour we use in the restaurants comes from our own fields and mills? That’s right, the bread we bring to your table comes from homegrown wheat. It wasn’t the case until just a few...
