Box Delivery Week 6

Here is a peek at the Week 6 newsletter:

July 11^th, 2014

Week 6

Here are some of the items you may be receiving in your delivery this week:

Bunching Onions, Bok Choy, Radish, Mesclun, Spinach, Cucumber.

Hurricane Arthur hit the farm last Saturday with a bang. Wind, rain and lightning started in the early morning hours and we lost power around 7am. I made my farm rounds leaving the barn doors open about 2 feet to let light in but leave some protection. Surprisingly most of the chickens still came out to experience the storm. The pigs just looked at me from in their little hut once I got up to the field to feed them. So I moved their bowls closer to their doorway.

Thankfully, the plants survived well except for the sweet potatoes and beans which suffered wind burn. It was mostly a wind event for us, frankly I had hoped for more rain.

A few interesting things happened on Monday. “Lightning” (a hen) reappeared with 12 little chicks, very cute. Also I found a small skunk in one of the holes I’m digging for a footing at the greenhouse. I built a little ladder and thankfully it came out later that night. Also, the pigs figured out there was no power and escaped. For some reason I have an amazing talent with animals which even I find surprising at times. Somehow I found them at the far end of the pasture in the 4 foot grass and coerced them back into the pen. A friend loaned us his generator and we juiced their fence. They escaped once more while we were setting up. I certainly got some exercise that day. After I got them in, I sat up there with them until 11:30pm to make sure they stayed as I had to cut the power as it was so loud no one could sleep. I plugged it back in at 6am and thankfully everything was fine. We got power back on Tuesday, late morning.

For this week’s delivery I suggest a stir fry with the onions, bok choy and spinach.

Start with stir frying up some chicken, pork, beef or keep it vegetarian. Once the meat is cooked add in the veggies, adding the chopped up onions first, then the chopped bok choy and last the spinach.

Serve over rice or noodles with soy sauce. Try using some Hoi Sin sauce too.

Have a wonderful weekend!

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Your Farmer,

Amber