Activities

Picked asparagus again this morning. Good yield, but still finding stalks from earlier this weeks frost damage. We try to cull these out, but saved some tips for soup. Friend made her favorite creamed asparagus soup, really good! Will try to get the recipe posted. Reminder to all who get our product either through the CSA or see it in stores. Unlike most product on the shelves, you should have little to none of the stalk to throw away from ours because it is "woody". We sell usable product, not material that you know you will be throwing away a third of the stalk because you cannot eat it "All good to the last stalk".

We are working on the computer glitches for the CSA orders. This approach is new to us also, but promises to be the CSA of the future!! Bear with us on this learning curve. Thanks also to our children for their computer help and expertise!

Had a request for the red milling corn we developed. Seed plot to have their own red corn for corn meal. Reminder we have white OP ORG for seed also.

Have seven light poles for the hops. Will set soon as we can get the cover planted under them. Vine starts are looking great!

Hops!!

I had a chance to gather the rhizomes for one of the 'wild' hop starts last fall. Overwintered them in the greenhouses with what appears to be good survival. We are looking to put in a hop yard starting with three "wild strains" of hops. Beer takes an intricate mixing of flavors, so we have found three different lots of hops that have survived the ravages of disease and insect pressure to survive naturally. They have great, but different tastes from strong bitters to a citrus taste - perfect for brewing beer! We'll see if the choices we selected from these natural populations give the disease and insect resistance needed for a true organic hops yard.