The farm received about 6 inches of fresh snow on Friday night, yippee! We have about a foot in Laramie. Fed Ex delivered a box of seed potatoes on Friday afternoon; so planting will begin in the next couple of weeks. My mom said robins are covering the fence around the corral in anticipation of fat juicy worms and bugs. It does resemble the Mutts' comic above.
Ricky and I attended the Laramie Local Food Gathering at the Laramie Plains Civic Center on April 4th. It was a pretty good turnout considering the blizzard like conditions and closed roads leading into Laramie all day. There were interesting discussions and a wonderful lunch provided. Unfortunately, we did not set up a booth if you were looking for us. What a great opportunity to meet other local growers and people interested in supporting local, clean food. Thank you to all who came out in the cold and snow, and especially to those who put the event on!
I definately want chickens after attending the Backyard Chicken discussion. We have a Can o' Worms in our basement; however they don't eat very fast, and are very shy and messy to clean up after.
We will be at the farm later this week so I'll post pictures of what the farm looks like now. Hopefully our cover crops will be coming up with the snow and sun.
Eat your spring greens!
Rick's Favorite Chard!
Saute garlic in olive oil in cast iron frying pan. Add clean/dried off leaves of chard, mustard greens, etc and saute, turning over with salad pinchers until wilted. Top with Gomasio (sold at Co-op from Eden or make your own using 1/4 cup raw sesame seeds toasted in dry pan on low heat till they almost pop, cool and then toss with salt and pulse lightly in coffee grinder to open up seeds) and/or add brewers yeast for a cheesy flavor. Great for breakfast with eggs or anytime!
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