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 | 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 | Jun 2, 2017 | Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farmers market
All that we do here in Black Cat World — farming, cooking, service — revolves around something we treasure: hospitality. We toil to make sure our actions on the farm are earth- and community-hospitable. We sell this food at the market, and we transform it into dishes...
by Douglas Brown | Apr 7, 2017 | Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, bramble & hare, farmers market, harvest
Seventy-two degrees and breezy. Robin’s egg skies, with cottony clouds. Plants luscious and strong, due to the recent rains and snow. This is our kind of harvest day. Friday is always a busy harvest day for us — between Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights in the...
by Douglas Brown | Mar 20, 2017 | Black Cat Bistro, black cat farm, sheep, Uncategorized
Last year, we blamed the pigs for the loss of about half of our artichoke crop (they gobbled it up). This year, it’s the wind. We counted seven days this winter, beginning on Christmas Day, with hurricane-force winds. In between, we suffered through a parade of days...
