by Douglas Brown | Aug 3, 2018 | biodynamic, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farm to table, farmers market, harvest, organic, Uncategorized, wine
Roasted, fried, boiled, baked. Cold, and in a salad. Piping hot, mashed and infused with butter. Shredded. Diced. Pureed. Served whole. Is there anything a cook can’tdo with a potato? Many view them as little more than reliable year-round culinary stalwarts...
by Douglas Brown | Jul 13, 2018 | biodynamic, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farm to table, farmers market, organic, wine
The triple-digit heat that struck this week taxes the acres upon acres (more than 40 of them) that we cultivate for vegetables, and we irrigate like mad to keep them healthy and happy. At the same time, the heat also speeds-up the ripening of treasured plants like...
by Douglas Brown | Jul 6, 2018 | biodynamic, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farm to table, farmers market, organic
The fires dotting the state, including the Lake Christine Fire that continues to threaten the great town of Basalt in the Roaring Fork Valley, make our hearts ache. This is one parched, sun-blasted summer, and the forecast calls for more of the same. The weather, of...
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 | Jan 23, 2018 | biodynamic, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farm to table, organic, pig, sheep
They have been arriving nearly every day since December, the tiny lambs. Their moms, the ewes, have been heavy with offspring, in many cases twins, for months; the gestation for lambs is 152 days, give or take. Now lambs totter around the fields on those unsteady,...
