Can Do!

Today I heated up my apartment in Madison with some canning!

I am working on putting up some of my rhubarb. I'm a little behind, I know.

BUT today I made a big dent in my freezer stock pile of HVF produce!

17 jam jars of rhubarb-strawberry jam
10 pints and 1 jam jar of rhubarb BBQ sauce
2 pints of drunken dark cherries (not from HVF, but from Wisconsin)
1 jam jar of drunken cherry molasses

All that and I'm not done yet! I still have a gallon bag of rhubarb to save for another day!just finishing up the bbq sauce!

What have YOU been canning or want to can this summer??

Coming Soon - Melons!

 Tasty personal sized melons, perfect for CSA boxes or gobbling up in one sitting. 

¡Ajo!

 

Richard thinks the crew will finish the garlic harvest by Saturday.  It's looking good, real good.  Not as great as he would have liked, but that's the way it goes.  With our porcelain garlic you are always hoping for nice, big heads but this year they are a little smaller than he would have liked.

 The bunches are drying in the greenhouse now, grouped in bunches of 15 or 20 and organized by variety.

 Sorry folks, but we have to save the very biggest as seed garlic for next year's crop.  No worries, there will be enough for the CSA boxes for the season and then some.

Just in time for the Garlic Dinner at Harvest in Madison!

July Days

The big news is that the new truck arrived today, just in time to load for the Madison CSA deliveries!   
Our old Mac delivery truck is nearly obsolete - at least finding replacement parts to keep it in good running condition was certainly difficult.  It was just time to make the change.

Pictured left to right: Rogelio (Madison delivery driver), Juan (mechanic & market truck driver), and José Manuel (Madison delivery driver).

Benjamin

Fresvindo

After such a slow, cool spring I think we're finally catching up.  Sometimes it's all or nothing, hurry up & wait, you know?  Richard promised me melon pictures, so we'll get those up soon.

Juan Diego

We're harvesting some very interesting items for our CSA members, including radish pods - new this season!

Living Piggy Lives

The pigs were just too cute today. I had to take a few pics of them!

At first, they weren't too sure about me... they maintained a safe distance.

But then their curiosity got the best of them...

Hoping to find some snacks!

I had to reward their trust with some left overs from lunch.
These piggies eat well!

After their photo shoot, they were simply exhausted. Nap time!

menu for June 27-July 1

Another week has flown right by. A rainy week but that doesn't stop the flurry of activity at Harmony Valley Farm. Time to post the next weeks menu.
Lunches
Monday-Orange beef and barley stew*Leafy green salad with grapes*biscuits and jam
Tuesday-Hamburgers and rolls with condiments and cheese*Roasted Potatoe salad*Strawberry Ice Cream
Wednesday-Chipotly Beans, Rice and Tomatoes*Corn muffins* fresh fruit* Vegetable and greens salad with creamy vinaigrette
Thursday-Vegetable and beef lasagna*Whole wheat rolls*Leafy green salad with fruit
Friday-Pulled pork wrap with slaw*Pasta salad with vegetables*fresh fruit

Dinners
Monday- test recipes
Tuesday-Chefs choice
Wednesday-Pepper steak with mashed parsnips and carrots
Thursday-Stir-fry with vegetables and cashews*fresh green salad
Friday-Pot roast with loads of vegetables

menu for June 20-24

lunches
MONDAY-Grilled Flank Steak*Creamed Baby Turnips and Radishes*Onion Batter Bread*Fresh Grapes
TUESDAY-Pit cooked Goat*Tortillas*Vegetable Couscous*Green salad
WEDNESDAY-Vegetable Au Gratin*Fruited Quick Bread*Red and Green Leaf lettuce Salad with nuts, seeds, and creamy vinaigrette
THURSDAY-Beef and Vegetable Kabobs with mushrooms*Basil Rice with greens, almonds, raisins and garlic*Lettuce salad with citrus vinaigrette
FRIDAY-Lentals a Ditalini pasta with Ham*fresh green salad * Nectarines

DINNERS
Monday-test recipes for broccoli raab
Tuesday-Egg yolk raviolis and beef cheeks
Wednesday-Spare ribs with Kohlrabi batonnets
Thursday-Salmon patties, rice pilaf, steamed vegetables
Friday-Cajun beef wraps with sauteed onions, fruited Quinoa