albemarle, nc

Month: August 2018

I’ll be at the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market tomorrow until 1 with:

a few lambkin melons, some cherry tomatoes, okra, potatoes: Carola & Huckleberry Gold,  sweet bell peppers, sweet banana peppers, jalepenos, Tobago seasoning peppers and 3 kinds of eggplant: purple, Rosa Bianca Italian and mini fairytale, and my hard red winter wheat. Next week: sweet potatoes!! Not too far away: chestnuts!!!

I’ll have our 100% grass fed & grass finished, Animal Welfare Approved Angus beef in these cuts:

NY strip, sirloin steak, skirt, osso bucco, short ribs, stew beef, philly steak, cube steak, brisket, sirloin tip roast, eye of round roast, boneless chuck roast, liver, hot dogs and sliced pastrami made from our 100% grass fed Angus beef, no added nitrates or nitrites.

We have the special package buy again this weekend:  a sirloin tip roast,  cube steak, philly, and 2 lbs ground beef for $45 with a savings of over $5.

Ground beef special – Buy 5, Get 1 free.

Bulk pricing on our beef: quarters, halves and wholes – $3.50 lb hang weight plus the cost of processing (.75/lb)

One row of sweet potatoes dug. On the left is the rest of the sweet potatoes (and weeds) and on the right is my sorghum sudangrass cover crop, which is supposed to be excellent for heavy clay soil because of the massive amount of organic matter it generates. We will see.

So, sweet bell peppers. Are you eating enough? Because I feel like enough I’m not selling enough 🙂 Unless some other farmer has more delicious ones and you’re going over there…anyway, did you know that red, yellow and orange peppers have 3 x the Vitamin C as oranges? That they can help prevent blood clot formation and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes? That they are an excellent source of potassium, folate, lycopene and beta carotene, are highly beneficial for the brain and have anti cancer compounds?? Delicious for snacking on while making dinner, eating dinner and also while thinking about dinner.

Easy stuffed  peppers – no cooking! -Cut the bell peppers in half and take out the seeds. Pulse these ingredients in the food processor: a can of chickpeas drained, 1/4 c mayo, 1 Tb apple cider vinegar, a small dollop of mustard, 1 tsp sea salt and some hot pepper if you like –  until it’s a nice salady consistency, and stuff your fresh pepper halves with it. Delicious and SO MUCH FIBER 🙂

And a dip recipe for okra. For after you roast it on the grill or in the oven. Also delicious on grilled eggplant!

There are the most adorable tiny tree frogs in the okra. This one is bigger, but lots of them are so tiny, like the size of a ladybug! So cute. I’m feeling concerned about his little hip bones sticking out…

See you tomorrow!

Market Stuff for August 18.

How many kinds of them are there!!!

I’ll be at the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market tomorrow until 1 with:

just a few watermelons and lambkin melons, okra, potatoes: Carola & Huckleberry Gold,  sweet bell peppers, sweet banana peppers, jalepenos and 3 kinds of eggplant: purple, Rosa Bianca Italian and mini fairytale.

We made these Grilled Chopped Garden Veggies with Garlic Toast last night and it was REALLY good, I added fairytale eggplants since I didn’t have any zucchini  – and I’m using the leftover basil vinaigrette for tomato basil pasta tonight.

I’ll have our 100% grass fed & grass finished, Animal Welfare Approved Angus beef in these cuts:

Ribeye, NY strip, sirloin steak, osso bucco, short ribs, stew beef, philly steak, cube steak, brisket, sirloin tip roast, eye of round roast, boneless chuck roast, liver, hot dogs and sliced pastrami made from our 100% grass fed Angus beef, no added nitrates or nitrites.

We have the special package buy again this weekend:  a sirloin tip roast,  cube steak, philly, and 2 lbs ground beef for $45 with a savings of over $5.

Ground beef special – Buy 5, Get 1 free.

Bulk pricing on our beef: quarters, halves and wholes – $3.50 lb hang weight plus the cost of processing (.75/lb)

See you tomorrow!

 

 

Market Stuff for August 11.

I’ll be at the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market tomorrow until 1 with:

Watermelons, lambkin melons, mini cukes, tomatoes, okra, potatoes: Carola & Huckleberry Gold.  Onions, a million sweet bell peppers, sweet banana peppers, jalepenos and 3 kinds of eggplant: purple, Rosa Bianca Italian and mini fairytale.

We love to just slice the eggplant about 3/4″ thick, brush it with a little coconut oil, salt and pepper and grill it. Or top it with a slice of tomato and cheese, like an eggplant pizza.

I’ll have our 100% grass fed & grass finished, Animal Welfare Approved Angus beef in these cuts:

Ribeye, NY strip, flat iron and skirt steak, sirloin steak, osso bucco, short ribs, stew beef, philly steak, cube steak, brisket, sirloin tip roast, eye of round roast, boneless chuck roast, liver, hot dogs and sliced pastrami made from our 100% grass fed Angus beef, no added nitrates or nitrites.

We have the special package buy again this weekend:  a sirloin tip roast,  cube steak, philly, and 2 lbs ground beef for $45 with a savings of over $5.

Ground beef special – Buy 5, Get 1 free.

Bulk pricing on our beef: quarters, halves and wholes – $3.50 lb hang weight plus the cost of processing (.75/lb)

Wendy has made these Beef and Blue Cheese Baked Sliders and said they’re really good. They look amazing.

Did you know you can freezer bell peppers? I cut them in thirds to get the core out and just put them in a freezer bag. I freeze jalepenos whole and chop or slice them later when I’m ready to use.

The okra patch. There I am!

Is that not a locust??

It’s a plague. And what are they doing, EWW. That’s your okra, people. Spray or no spray, always wash your vegetables!!

See you tomorrow!

Market Stuff for August 4.

I heart you 🙂

I’ll be at the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market tomorrow ’til 1 with:

Hard red winter wheat! Instead of cleaning it ourselves, which we have been seriously dreading – it’s a HUGE pain and always causes lots of arguments (but also free),  we decided Shane would just take it to the seed cleaner that cleans his triticale.

BTW, the seed cleaner guy said our wheat looks a lot better than the other organic wheats he’s been running 🙂

Watermelons! This is the big week for watermelons but there will be more to pick when they’re ready. Tomatoes, okra, potatoes: German Butterball, Carola & Huckleberry Gold.  Onions, green bell peppers and red & orange mini bells, sweet banana peppers, jalepenos and 3 kinds of eggplant: purple, Rosa Bianca Italian and mini fairytale.

I’ll have our 100% grass fed & grass finished, Animal Welfare Approved Angus beef in these cuts:

Filet, Ribeye, NY strip, flank, flat iron and skirt steak, sirloin steak, osso bucco, short ribs, stew beef, philly steak, cube steak, brisket, sirloin tip roast, eye of round roast, boneless chuck roast, liver, and sliced pastrami made from our 100% grass fed Angus beef, no added nitrates or nitrites.

The first batch of hot dogs made at Piedmont Custom Meats in Asheboro are back! Made from our sirloin, eye of round, chuck and brisket (hells yeah!!) and this is the ingredient list: Sea Salt, Spices, Evaporated Cane Syrup, Paprika, Cherry Powder (Cherry Powder, Evaporated Cane Syrup), Onion Powder, Natural Flavor (Celery Powder, Sea Salt). I think the cherry powder is for color. We made them for dinner just now.

We have the special package buy again this weekend:  a sirloin tip roast,  cube steak, philly, and 2 lbs ground beef for $45 with a savings of over $5.

Ground beef special – Buy 5, Get 1 free.

Bulk pricing on our beef: quarters, halves and wholes – $3.50 lb hang weight plus the cost of processing (.75/lb)

How do you know if your watermelon is ripe?

You don’t. You can’t.  The ripe ones and the unripe ones can look identical, even if they have the creamy yellow spot on the bottom. I’ve had ripe melons with no creamy yellow spot on the bottom. I’ve found the only way to know is by the Curly-Q where the stem attaches to the vine. The one above is not ripe, because the Curly-Q is still green.

This Curly-Q is dead so the melon should be ripe. But there’s no way to know the Curly-Q status of the melon once it’s picked 🙂 You have to rely on the picker. No amount of slapping, tapping, rolling or picking the melon up and putting it back down will tell you if it’s ripe. Even this isn’t 100% foolproof but it’s the best test I’ve found.

With all the rain, the veggies are growing huge. The colored mini bells are twice their size and the green bell peppers are jumbo. Good for stuffing Southwest style!

The  big boys are enjoying green pastures again, thanks to the rain.

Pappy is enjoying his melon rind.

Moo, however, cannot be bothered with my junky melon rind. He’s gotten a little uppity since he started wearing shoes. You can just barely see the bottom of the black shoe on his back foot there in the photo. I’ve already told you about his messed up feet…the shoes help a lot.

 

 

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