Watermelon Mint Salad

We returned home and were greeted with a CSA box that declared a much hotter climate. We had three melons, tomatoes, corn, hot peppers, and more. How do you make watermelon a little more interesting? Here’s another summer recipe for you that isn’t really a recipe. Just good summer produce and very little prep. Watermelon…

CSA Bounty: Summer!

We are overwhelmed by the bounty that is our new weekly CSA. Just look what came in our box this week from Fair Ridge Farms. (The eggs and potatoes were excellent extras.) We have so many green things! Strawberries! Green beans! Peas! Suddenly the dark days of winter are a thing of the past. Fair Ridge…

News Around Town

With the sun in our eyes yesterday, it’s easy to imagine that the new growing season is now upon us. We’ve got a month to go until the market’s opening and there’s suddenly a lot of action on the farms. CSA’s are starting to take shape, new interns are arriving and, when you look out…

+1 for Crop Diversity

This year the Puget Sound area had a sustained period of unusual winter weather, including snowfalls of over a foot in areas that normally barely see an inch.  This weather clearly had an impact on farms in the region and the repercussions on over-wintered crops may be felt well into the spring.  However, for farms…