by Douglas Brown | Oct 26, 2018 | biodynamic, Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farm to table, farmers market, organic, pig
There they thrive, side-by-side, long rows of subterranean plants that, if they had cognition, might think: “What the heck are we doing here?” And also: “We like this place!” Peanuts and sweet potatoes. We’re not sure any other farmers along the Front Range are...
by Douglas Brown | Sep 15, 2017 | Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farmers market
One of our experiments this year, in addition to sweet potatoes and Belgian endive, was peanuts. It looks like we scored a hat trick this year. The sweet potatoes and endive were triumphs, and despite research that cautioned us against trying peanuts — the legumes...
by Douglas Brown | Aug 18, 2017 | Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farmers market
Our food laboratory — the farm — persuades us to try new things every year. It is a laboratory, after all. Figuring out how to coax artichoke plants to produce globes took about five years (the photo above is an artichoke flower. It looks like it belongs in a coral...
