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Sugar Snap Salad

July 10, 2012 by dancingroots - No Comments

A colorful, crisp salad; not sure of the source8 ounces sugar snap peas (2 cups), trimmed2 tablespoons white-wine vinegar2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil1/4 teaspoon salt1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper1 bunch green onions, thinly sliced on the diagonal1/2 large red bell pepper, cut into long ...

Week 8: July 9 – 12, 2012

July 10, 2012 by dancingroots - No Comments

With “Jun-uary” officially behind us, we are now playing catch up getting plants in the ground, cultivating and, unfortunately, hand weeding. Hand weeding is what you do when you didn’t get to cultivate when you should have. We cultivate with both hand tools (like hoes) and with tractors that ...

East-West Pasta Primavera

July 4, 2012 by dancingroots - No Comments

adapted from Great Good Food by Julee Rosso1 lb peas, outer strings removed 2 medium carrots, cut approx. equal to peas12 oz fettuccine, cooked 2 Tbsp sesame oil2 Tbsp rice vinegar � ...

Week 7: July 2-5, 2012

July 4, 2012 by dancingroots - No Comments

The amazing record rains we experienced this past June have set us back on a few crops. However, the tender greens like lettuces, spinach, and chard think the weather has been perfect! Hopefully you are enjoying the diversity of greens. We will be getting more of other types of crops soon.In Your ...

Week 5: June 18-21, 2012

June 19, 2012 by dancingroots - No Comments

In Your Share This WeekPeas, Sugar Ann – A few days ago we had a fantastic and amazingly simple dinner. It included our peas, steamed for 5-7 minutes, then topped with fresh butter and a few shakes of salt. I shucked all the peas, meaning I put my thumb at the top and used the other ...

Week 4: June 11-14, 2012

June 12, 2012 by dancingroots - No Comments

In Your Share This WeekTyee Spinach – This is a semi-savoyed type of spinach: something between a smooth leaf and a fully crinkly (or savoyed) one. Ideal for salads, cooked greens and soufflés. While known as high in iron (thanks to Popeye!) the amount of iron in spinach comes way d ...

Week 9 / July 18 – 21, 2011

July 19, 2011 by dancingroots - No Comments

Just as we had hoped – we have our first harvest of summer squash this week! It feels like its a few weeks behind our normal harvest, and that was to be expected given our loooong spring… But actually, looking back over our records, in the last 8 years there was a few when the summer squash harv ...

Week 8 / July 11 – 14, 2011

July 12, 2011 by dancingroots - No Comments

Our marathon spinach harvest is finally coming to a finale. This will be our last week until the fall. We actually only have a few things left to harvest from Annie (the spring section) and are moving fully into Clara, the summer section. By next week we’ll be harvesting summer squash from Esther. ...

Week 7 / July 4 – 7, 2011

July 5, 2011 by dancingroots - No Comments

At Dancing Roots Farm, summer=irrigation, and we pulled our first irrigation lines out on Saturday. What that means for us is that for the next few months, pulling driplines, straightening lines, taping up holes and unrolling or rolling up lines will be part of our daily operations. This is in addit ...

Week 6 / June 27 – 30, 2011

June 28, 2011 by dancingroots - No Comments

We’re finally starting to branch out from beyond just greens! While we all do (or should!) love our greens, it’s also nice to put some bulk in these shares. Thank you so much for your patience with us and with Mother Nature. And while our crops are starting to flourish in the heat, so are the we ...

Sugar Snap Salad

Week 8: July 9 – 12, 2012

East-West Pasta Primavera

Week 7: July 2-5, 2012

Week 5: June 18-21, 2012

Week 4: June 11-14, 2012

Week 9 / July 18 – 21, 2011

Week 8 / July 11 – 14, 2011

Week 7 / July 4 – 7, 2011

Week 6 / June 27 – 30, 2011

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