Thursday, December 6, 2012
New Recipes Added
The new recipes are:
Sweet Potato Cornbread
Mashed Turnips and Potatoes with Bacon
Turnip, Carrot, Cabbage Slaw
So don't forget to check them out. Here is a link to the Recipe Page.
Homemade Turkey Stock
Basically what I did was place the turkey carcass with most of the meat removed in a large pot covered it with water and added about 4 stems of my celery (cut up) and about 4 or 5 medium size carrots (cup up) to the pot. I boiled it for about 1 hour, until the meat could easily be removed from the bones. Then I removed the meat and added back into the pot with the broth. Then filled the jars with broth along with the meat and veggies, and filled within 1" from the top. Then pressure canned it for 25 minutes. In the end I ended up with 12 pint jars of turkey broth.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Thanksgiving
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Mix Your Own Cherry Tomato Containers
I started something new this year with my cherry tomatoes, instead of just having the cherry tomatoes premixed in containers I decided to let customers choose which varieties of cherry tomatoes they wanted to fill their containers with.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Special Guests at Market
Mr. and Mrs. Pepper.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Cooking at the Farm
I picked a scallion, a turnip, garlic, some celery, a three summer squashes, some sweet peppers, a green tomato, some broccoli, snow peas and shelling peas, and some swiss chard (that is not in the picture).
I put some butter in the foil first cut up all the veggies, mixed in some of my garlic and greens seasoning, put some more butter on top and sealed it up real well. Put it on the grill for about 10 to 15 minutes, or until the veggies are tender, and done!
I also did this again just recently and added some beans and cucumbers to the mix, I did not have them producing in the first time. You can basically do this with a mix of any vegetables that you like, no mater what it still tastes awesome. It is great for cookouts, instead of just having hamburgers and hotdogs you can have a bunch of veggies too!
Monday, July 2, 2012
Rats Tail Radishes
Rat's Tail Radishes are an Asian heirloom that began being grown in gardens in the US in the 1860's. The great thing about this radish is that it may be grown all summer long since it actually likes the heat. Most radishes will go to seed (bolt) when it is too hot (and will not produce a good root), well that is not a worry with rat's tail radishes since bolting is what you want them to do.
Unfortunately my first planting of rat's tail radishes is almost done producing, but I do have another planting in the ground that I should be able to start picking from in a few weeks.
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What's Growing Update:
Just thought I would let everyone know how things are growing and what you can expect to be available over the next few weeks.
~ Peas ~ They are slowing down but my guess is I should have some type of peas available for at the next week or two.
~ Turnips ~ Sadly I have almost pulled all my turnips for this spring. I should still have some for this next market, but that may be it until the fall, when I will be planting some more.j
~ Lettuce ~ Lots of people have been asking about lettuce. I have a bunch of summer lettuces and greens growing right now but it will still be at least 2 or 3 more weeks before my summer salad mix is available. Of coarse in the fall I will have all my main salad mixes available again, since I am planning on planting a very large variety of lettuces and greens.
~ Mustard Greens ~ I know a lot of people liked the mustard greens, and they will return again in the fall, when I will once again have them available for sale in mixed bunches and also in my Spicy Salad Mix and also mixed bagged mustard greens.
~ Zucchini and Summer Squash ~ My zucchini and summer squash is just now beginning to produce. I am expecting to have some available for the next market. Some varieties are ahead of others so I will not have all my varieties of summer squash and zucchini available this week. The common green zucchini, and a few different varieties of yellow summer squash should be the first that I will be bring to market.
~ Zucchini Bread ~ Of coarse since I am going to be beginning to pick zucchini, I will be able to start making some zucchini bread for market again.
Well that is just a little update of how things are coming along. If you are wondering exactly what we have available right now check out the list in the column to the right titled "What We Currently Have Available".
Saturday, June 30, 2012
New Dried Mixes Now Available
These can be used for so many things you can basically throw it into your favorite dish. They are great for adding to a dish that may be to liquid and need some thickening, since they are dried and will soak up liquid from what you are cooking. It can be added to soups and stews for this purpose or even if you are making a stir-fry and it needs some thickening. These seasonings would be great added to pastas and also one my favorite ways to use greens, by adding them to scrambled eggs. The dried scallions would also make a great addition to dips just be sure to let them soak for a little while.
So don't forget to check out our new item at Valley City Farmers Market and keep checking back for our new mixes that we will be adding throughout the season.
Market Pictures
Monday, June 11, 2012
First Farmers Market of the Year Pics
Monday, June 4, 2012
What We Should Have Available This Year
What We Should Have Available For the First Market
Saturday June 9th at Valley City Farmers Market
~Mixed Kale Bunches
~Bagged Salad Mixes (including Just Lettuce Mix, Spicy Salad Mix, Lettuce and Greens Salad Mix, A Little Bit of Everything Mix, and maybe some others)
~Mustard Green Bunches
~Red, Yellow, and White Scallions
~Radishes
~Bagged Mustard Greens
and some other vegetables and also breads.
~Red and White Kohlrabi
~Beets (Many different varieties, including common red, orange, dark red, oblong, and some with rings inside)
Coming in Early to Mid July
Coming in Late July Early August
Coming this Fall
Some New Things For This Year
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Farm Pictures
Monday, May 21, 2012
Valley City Farmers Market Beginning Soon!
I can not believe that market time is almost here, time just flies. Anyhow for the first market I should have available a variety of my salad mixes, mustard green bunches, kale bunches, radishes, scallions, and maybe some beets, turnips, kohlrabi, peas and possibly some other things. Of course I plan to have some kinds of bread available, not sure exactly what yet. I also hope to make some dog treats, and maybe some other new surprises. I will be sure to post here what exactly we will have available before the market starts.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Pictures - Cold Crops Planted
To the far left (in the above picture) I have a bunch of stuff that I started by seed, including peas, turnips, beets, radishes, and carrots, there is also a row of onions. The row that is almost in the middle of the picture are cabbage, broccoli and some cauliflower plants. Under the row cover I have mustard greens and kale. I covered them with the row cover to protect the plants from bugs and deer. Then to the far right you can see some of my garlic.
What I planted from seed was kind of slow coming up for a while, since I planted it just before we had some cold weather. Luckily it was cold but not wet if the ground would have been wet the seeds probably would have rotted, but they are coming up good now, so hopefully I should be alright.
I have all my lettuces planted elsewhere at home, once everything gets bigger and picture worthy I will post a picture of my lettuce area.
Grey Treefrog
Here is a good site with a bunch of info on these guys:
Cleveland Museum of Natural History Site - Grey Treefrogs
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Cool Frog
Plant Pictures
Monday, March 12, 2012
Hoop House Complete At Last!
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Homemade Vanilla Extract
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The Start Of My New Hoophouse
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Hot Peppers for 2012
*Jamaican Red Pepper
The package reads "If you have a passion for heat, this is the pepper to grow!" This pepper is said to be 50 times hotter than the Jalapeno. The Jamaican Red is a close relative to the Habanero. 100,000- 350,000 scovilles.
*Habanero Mix Hot Peppers
*Chocolate Habanero Pepper
Chocolate brown habaneros, that are about 2" long. Measure in at over 300,000 scoville units.
*Lightning Mix Peppers
A habanero type of pepper, which is very hot. Come in a variety of different colors, including red, yellow, green, peach, brown, orange, mustard, and coffee tones.
*Tabasco Pepper
Yellow hot pepper usually under 2 inches long which ripens to red. Very hot pepper used to make, can you guess it? Tabasco Sauce! 30,000 to 50,000 scovilles.
*Bhut Jolkia Pepper
Also known as Ghost Pepper. May possibly be the worlds hottest pepper, measuring over 1,000,000 scoville units.
*Lemon Drop Pepper
A yellow when ripe chilli pepper, with a unusual citrus flavor. 5,000- 15,000 scoville units.
*Cayenne Peppers
*Jalapeno Peppers
I may plant a couple other varieties, but it all just depends on how much planting room I end up having in the end. Any other varieties that I plant will probably not be any super hot types. I may plant a hot pepper that can be used as a stuffing pepper. But we will see.
I thought this was interesting it is a link to the wikipedia's explanation of scoville scale, just in case anyone is interested in what exactly it means. It is kind of interesting.
Wikipedia- Scoville Scale
More on Omega 3's and Omega 6's - Fish
Also another thing to point out is the difference between tuna in oil and tuna in water. Tuna in oil is way higher in omega 6's, which is because of the oil.
Something else to keep in mind is just because something you buy in the store says on it that it is high in omega 3's does not necessarily mean that you will benefit from it. If it is high in omega 3's but much higher in omega 6's, such as for example tuna in oil, you are not going to benefit from this like you would tuna in water. So really when it comes down to it you have to do your own research.
Once again all my info came from NutritionData.com
1 ounce |
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| Omega 3 mg | Omega 6 mg |
Fish Sticks, frozen | 202 | 1396 |
Tuna, light, canned in oil, drained | 56.6 | 751 |
Tuna, light, canned in water, drained | 78.7 | 2.5 |
Tuna, white, canned in oil, drained | 127 | 697 |
Tuna, white, canned in water, drained | 266 | 15.4 |
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Salmon, Atlantic, Wild, cooked | 724 | 61.6 |
Salmon, Atlantic, Farmed, cooked | 633 | 186 |
Walleye, Pike, cooked | 130 | 9.2 |
Perch, Ocean, cooked | 133 | 10.1 |
Perch, Mixed Species, cooked | 105 | 3.9 |
Bass, Freshwater, cooked | 284 | 31.4 |
Cod, Atlantic, cooked | 48.2 | 1.7 |
Orange Roughy, cooked | 9 | 35.3 |
Trout, cooked | 384 | 62.7 |
Sheepshead, cooked | 64.4 | 11.8 |
Tilapia, cooked | 67.2 | 84 |
Burbot, cooked | 68.9 | 3.4 |
Carp, cooked | 253 | 186 |
Catfish, cooked, breaded | 161 | 732 |
Catfish, farmed, cooked | 72.5 | 288 |
Catfish, wild, cooked | 93.3 | 39.8 |
Flounder and Sole Species, cooked | 158 | 3.9 |
Haddock, cooked | 74.2 | 3.4 |
Haddock, smoked | 77 | 3.4 |
Herring, Atlantic, cooked | 621 | 46.8 |
Halibut, Atlantic and Pacific, cooked | 187 | 10.6 |
Mackerel, Atlantic, cooked | 398 | 41.2 |
Pike, Northern, cooked | 51 | 11.5 |
Sardine, Atlantic, canned in oil | 414 | 992 |
Swordfish, cooked | 296 | 10.4 |
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Omega 6, Omega 3 Ratio
But anyhow here is the like to that page, it is really interesting.
The importance of the ratio of omega-6/omega-3
Basically in this article they state that most people consume way to much omega 6 and not enough omega 3, which promotes may diseases.
They state what the following Omega-6/Omega-3 ratios have helped with the following diseases:
4/1 ratio - helped decrease cardiovascular disease
2.5/1 ratio - helped patients with colorectal cancer - where 4/1 ratio had no effect
2-3/1 ratio - decreased inflammation in those with rheumatoid arthritis
5/1 ratio - helped patients with asthma - where 10/1 ratio had the opposite effect
Also here is a link to the food that I have been feeding Copper:
Nature's Variety: Instinct Raw Frozen Diet Rabbit
Here is a table I made up of the amount of omega 3's and omega 6's in vegetables.
I got my information from NutritionData.com
1 ounce vegetables |
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| Omega 3 mg | Omega 6 mg |
Artichoke, boiled | 10.6 | 29.4 |
Asparagus, boiled | 8.1 | 21.3 |
Beans, green, boiled | 24.9 | 15.7 |
Beets, boiled | 1.4 | 16.2 |
Beet greens, boiled | 1.7 | 18.2 |
Beet greens, raw | 1.1 | 11.5 |
Broccoli, boiled | 33.3 | 14.3 |
Broccoli, raw | 5.9 | 4.8 |
Brussels Sprouts, boiled | 48.4 | 22.1 |
Brussels Sprouts, raw | 27.7 | 12.6 |
Cabbage, boiled | 3.9 | 2.5 |
Carrots, boiled | 0.3 | 24.4 |
Carrots, raw | .6 | 32.2 |
Cauliflower, boiled | 46.8 | 14 |
Cauliflower, raw | 10.4 | 3.1 |
Celery |
| 21 |
Sweet Corn, yellow, boiled | 5 | 164 |
Cucumber, with peel, raw | 1.4 | 7.8 |
Eggplant, boiled | 4.2 | 21.8 |
Mustard Greens, boiled | 6.2 | 6.7 |
Mustard Greens, raw | 5.0 | 5.6 |
Pac Choi, boiled | 11.5 | 8.7 |
Kale, boiled | 28.8 | 22.1 |
Kale, raw | 50.4 | 36.6 |
Collards, boiled | 26 | 19.6 |
Collards, raw | 30.2 | 23.0 |
Kohlrabi, boiled | 7.8 | 6.2 |
Kohlrabi, raw | 7.3 | 5.6 |
Leeks, boiled | 18.5 | 12.6 |
Lettuce, green leaf, raw | 16.2 | 6.7 |
Cantaloupe, raw | 12.9 | 9.8 |
Okra, boiled | 0.3 | 12.6 |
Onions, boiled | 1.1 | 19.6 |
Peas, boiled | 4.2 | 23.8 |
Peas, raw | 3.6 | 21.0 |
Peppers, sweet, green, boiled | 2.8 | 26.9 |
Peppers, sweet, green, raw | 2.2 | 15.1 |
Potato, baked | 3.6 | 12 |
Pumpkin, boiled | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Radishes, raw | 8.7 | 4.8 |
Rutabaga, boiled | 16 | 10.6 |
Shallots, raw | 0.6 | 10.4 |
Spinach, boiled | 25.8 | 4.8 |
Spinach, raw | 36.6 | 7.3 |
Summer Squash, boiled | 23 | 13.7 |
Summer Squash, raw | 15.7 | 9.2 |
Winter Squash, boiled | 25.8 | 15.4 |
Sweet Potatoes, baked | 1.1 | 16.8 |
Swiss Chard, boiled | 0.8 | 7 |
Swiss Chard, raw | 2.0 | 17.6 |
Tomatoes, red, raw | 0.8 | 22.4 |
Turnips, boiled | 9 | 2.5 |
Turnips, raw | 11.2 | 3.4 |
Turnips, greens, boiled | 17.9 | 7.8 |
Turnips, greens, raw | 23.5 | 10.1 |
Watermelons, raw |
| 14 |
Also here are some other foods and their omega 3/omega6 ratios:
1 ounce |
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| Omega 3 mg | Omega 6 mg |
Chicken breast | 21.3 | 829 |
Beef ground | 11.8 | 103 |
Turkey | 30.8 | 302 |
Egg, hard-boiled | 21.8 | 333 |
Rice, white | 3.6 | 17.4 |
Oranges | 3.1 | 8.7 |
Apples | 2.5 | 12.0 |
Pasta | 13.7 | 129 |
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