What a weekend! Trying to collect all the vegetables and fruit that are unsuitable for sale is a big job. Those chickens are living the summer life. Their coops are filled with roma tomatoes, spaghetti and acorn squash, melons of all varieties and any greens I can find (which are in short supply during the …
Yearly Archives: 2015
Week of July 29th
Our chickens have been feasting this week on lacinato kale, cantaloupe, carrots and worms along with other assorted greens that I’m tossing in to them today. Happy, well fed chickens! Stock up on granola this week, because Cindy is taking two weeks off and granola will not be available the first two weeks of August. …
Week of July 22, 2015
CSA this week contains: CUCUMBERS RED LEAF LETTUCE CARROTS CHERRY TOMATOES STRAWBERRIES GREEN BEANS BABY SPINACH YELLOW CROOKNECK SQUASH RED ONIONS ITALIAN PARSLEY BIG BOX ADD: LACINATO KALE, CARROTS, STRAWBERRIES, GREEN BELL PEPPERS, SALAD MIX *note to big boxes. strawberries will be packed in two separate bags to avoid squishing as strawberries become softer in …
Week of July 15th
Our chickens are in full swing and we have eggs and egg subscriptions available. A note for our strawberries through the summer – strawberries don’t really enjoy hot temperatures and this definitely shortens the time they will hang out in your fridge without spoiling. Try taking them out of the bag immediately and put them …
Week of June 8th
I hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend and enjoyed some good eats with family and friends. Get to know where your eggs are coming from. We turned a bunch of pens that were used for other animals in the past into chicken coops from old fence and other reusable parts. I tried not to …
Week of July 1st – Grillin’ Veggies
The new ranch we are farming on in Buellton used to be an Icelandic Pony ranch. Nothing was growing here before we came, but the horses were definitely leaving a lot of compostable materials that are benefiting our crops now. We don’t have a lot of leafy greens up here because it runs about 10 …
Week of June 24th
Cindy Dollar is cooking up some Cranberry Cashew granola right here in Goleta. It’s some of the tastiest granola around AND you are supporting your local community with every bite. Check it out here along with many other delicious things. CSA Contains: BABY SPINACH CARROTS ITALIAN PARSLEY YELLOW CHERRY SALAD MIX GREEN ZUCCHINI STRAWBERRIES RED …
Week of June 17th
I’m truly amazed at what the California fertile soil can produce. I’ve been harvesting heads of red leaf lettuce that are so big that they can’t even fit in boxes to be sold. They aren’t going to waste though! We complete the cycle by making sure the animals are eating their veggies too! Our chickens …
Week of June 10th
Cindy Dollar is cooking up some Coconut Seed Granola in her kitchen in Goleta. She also has some outstanding cran-almond chocolate and peanut butter chocolate cookies that are baked to order. I took some of our strawberries and made some ridiculous jam. It’s in the CSA store if you’d like to try it out. I’ve …
Week of June 3rd
We have a new Santa Barbara delivery girl. Please say hi to Amy if you see her dropping off delicious vegetables at your house! I will be taking over our Goleta deliveries while my delivery boy, River goes out to travel the world for a few months. Hope everyone is off to a great start …