Posts under ‘foraging’

Despite the backlog of challenge meals to post, I have to tell you about the best thing to happen since local wheat. This winter has just gotten easier for locavores. Holbrook Farm has extended their growing season into the winter using green houses and hoop houses. They are supplying greens. Fresh organic greens. In the [...]

I was wondering if my Thanksgiving foraging wasn’t a bit like the retail Black Friday games. I mean, I got up early so I could get to the New Haven Wooster Market before Trinity Dairy ran out of butter and cream. (Because I have pies, mashed potatoes, and whipped cream to think about!) Though the [...]

I was under the weather on Thursday, and happily, the Farm Gal let me do my weekly pick up on Saturday. Here’s the bounty from week 18 of my Sport Hill Farm CSA: 1 bag of red potatoes 1 bunch of baby beets and with tops 1 acorn squash 3 bell peppers 1 bag of [...]

Yet another fabulous food week. Here’s the bounty from week 7 of my Sport Hill Farm CSA: 1 bag of lettuce mix: lettuce, lemon basil, and arugula 4-5 zucchini (plus big ones for free!) 1 bunch of haruki turnips 1 bunch of scallions 1 bunch of Swiss chard 1 bag of golden beets choice of [...]

The Bethel Farmer’s Market may have started out low key, but it’s picking up in week two—a few more vendors and a lot more fun this week. The Maple Bank Farm folks are definitely the ringleaders of the jocularity. Daffodil Hill Growers grew the first hot peppers I’ve seen at the markets this season (thanks [...]

I discovered that my wheat flour and corn meal supplies were running perilously low. I pulled everything out of the freezer, convinced that there had to be another bag in there at the bottom, but there wasn’t. Happily, Wild Hive (bakery, cafe, micro mill, and local food outlet) was open on New Year’s Day, having [...]

This week’s forage technically began on Friday evening on the ride home from work. Sport Hill Farm was still open so I picked up: arugula spinach a lovely potted lavender plant The new barn at Sport Hill is really coming along. It is beautiful. Sorry, no photo since this was an impromptu visit! Next time. [...]

I got a late start on this week’s forage—blame it on the rain. Happily, the sun came out as I got to my first stop! My trail: Holbrook Farm, where I scored: spinach arugula mustard greens ramps cilantro greenhouse tomatoes from March Farm Kenyon‘s Rhode Island sea salt (Yay! It’s back!) Holbrook’s own bread and [...]

This week’s forage was a short loop- Holbrook Farm and New Morning Natural Foods with an excursion to Rich Farm. At Holbrook’s, a cheese tasting was in-progress. They’re carrying a larger selection of cheeses, including Cato Corner, Beltane, and Sprout Creek Farm from local sources, and the tasting was an opportunity to introduce their customers [...]

What a beautiful spring day! We’ve been having several of them lately and I’m loving it. Lots of little shoots coming up in the garden, but that will wait for another post. Today’s forage began at Redding Roasters for some peaberry and espresso beans. No, the coffee’s not local, but it is very locally roasted [...]