The Harvest PatchFarm Fresh : Family Grown : Community Suported Agriculture

Joe plowed open the earth today, turned over some great soil to get the veggies growing… Did some hoeing in the onion patch today myself… All is looking grand… Planted some more lettuces as well…

Here a great tip:

I love having an out door patio potted garden, but don’t love to spend a ton of moola on beautiful pots, so I have a very nice collection of terra cotta pots all different sizes, and each year I invest in a new bottle of spray paint whatever color strikes my fancy; this year is a beautiful metallic silver, I then spray all of my pots with a fresh coat and just like magic you have a coherent look for a very low cost…

Planted some more basil this evening… here is a great tip I like to start my herbs in  1/2 cracked open egg shells… this a a great way to reuse and then when you go to plant them outside you just put the whole thing in the ground and the sharp eggshells edges help to keep the slugs away from your herbs… I even planted mine in dyed eggs so pretty:)

Happy Tuesday to all….

Here is the recipe for the delicious light and very healthy soup from last nights class….

Creamy Celery Soup

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter

14 large stalks of celery, sliced 1/2 inch thick crosswise

Celery leaves for garnish

1 cooking onion

1 baking potato, peeled and cut in 1/2 inch cubes

Coarse salt

Celery Seed

1 to 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Directions

Heat butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.

Add celery, onion, and potato; season with salt.

Cook, until vegetables begin to soften, 8 to 10 minutes.

Add 6 cups water to saucepan; bring to a boil.

Reduce heat to medium, and simmer until vegetables are very tender, about 20 minutes.

Working in batches, puree soup until smooth

Return soup to pan; stir in lemon juice, and season with salt.

Serve, Fancy it up with celery leaves

Taught a great soup class tonight in West Seneca… We cooked, A Celery Soup, Drunken Beef Chili, Chicken Wing Soup, and a Beer Cheddar Soup…..

It was a great group of people and some delicious soups to fill up our tummy…..

Talked to Joe today and he has all the onions planted, and lots of delicious asparagus coming up:)

Still room to join the CSA… But spots are filling up!