by Douglas Brown | Nov 17, 2017 | biodynamic, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farm to table, farmers market, organic
It arrives on a Friday every year, and the profound sense of bittersweet returns the next day, too. It is the Friday and Saturday immediately prior to Thanksgiving, which always marks our last harvest for the farmers’ market in downtown Boulder as well as the...
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 27, 2017 | biodynamic, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farm to table, organic
Harvesting crops is never a breezy affair — even on a 72-degree June afternoon with the sky the color of an Adriatic lagoon it presents challenges. It is physically demanding, requiring that we bend over and pull or dig. We fill bins with arugula and Belgian endive,...
by Douglas Brown | Oct 20, 2017 | biodynamic, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farm to table, farmers market, organic
It’s been quite the week — especially for our pigs. We raise more than 100 of them, mostly heritage Mulefoots, on one of our properties. They are one of the foundations of Black Cat Farm, which is the only certified biodynamic farm-to-table operation in the United...
by Douglas Brown | Sep 8, 2017 | Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farmers market
Finally! We will be selling our own organic Boulder County sweet potatoes on Saturday at the Market. Yes! As we have chronicled in detail on the blog, growing sweet potatoes was a surprise triumph for us this year. They are not supposed to really grow in Colorado —...
