Our plants can swim!
Did you know our garden plants could swim? We didn’t either! In an average year, this area sees about 43 inches of rain, with about 13 of those inches falling by late April. Last year was a bit on the…
Pea Shoots with Browned Butter
When butter is browned, it takes on a warm, nutty flavor perfect for the nuttiness of the tender pea shoots. This lightly cooked vegetable would be tasty aside roast chicken, or graceful underneath a filet of grilled fish. Enjoy this…
Spring CSA Menu
Are you wondering what to expect in your CSA shares this spring? Here’s a menu of what we’re working on for you. It’s going to be a great season. We harvest 6-8 items each week for our members in as…
Onion cauliflower tart
At our member potluck on June 1 we had some great dishes shared with us featuring vegetables from Red Moon Farm’s CSA boxes. This was our own offering: a messy tart made with caramelized onions, roasted cauliflower and plenty of…
Roasted Broccoli Salad with Lemon and Pistachio
We’re still in that flash-pan weather zone between winter and summer, when the sun teases us all day but the cold rises with the dark. The vegetable garden is balanced at this threshold as well, still growing those hearty winter…
2014 Spring share #1
Here’s your vegetable line-up this week! We hope you have some culinary adventures with a few familiar and some new veggies. Lettuce—Mottistone (speckled) and/or Oscarde (dark oakleaf. large shares only) Radish—Easter Egg Mustard Mix—A wide variety of Asian greens like…
A taste of what’s to come!
We’re gearing up for the spring CSA season which is right around the corner. Tonight we’re bracing ourselves for a late (record breaking!) frost that’s headed our way. This afternoon before the temperature began to drop we snapped some lovely…
Cover Crops
Some of you may have heard of farmers using cover crops in their fields and you might be wondering, what’s that all about? Cover crops are used for a wide variety of reasons, and different crops can provide different benefits…
Texas’ absurd weather
Our early spring crops have nearly all been planted in the past 6 weeks in preparation for the start of the Spring CSA season. All have been growing steadily with the surprisingly warm weather we’ve had throughout February. We’ve been…
Spring Seeds
Justin and I spent the last few weeks pouring over seed catalogs and websites, picking out the perfect mix of tried and true crops and some new editions to our vegetable line-up. The pictures are always so beautiful, the descriptions…
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