As we wait out the last few days of winter, watching the snow melt and the fields come back into view, we're eager to get out there and get to work. We've got some big plans for this season and we can ...
The sun has returned and the veggies are loving it! The last few rainy weeks were perfect for planting and we just finished setting out all the onions, tomatoes, peppers and eggplants, lettuce an ...
White Russian Kale or Tuscan Kale
Mixed Salad Greens
French Breakfast or Red Radishes
Red and Green Leaf Lettuce
Tatsoi or Bok Choy
Choice of Herbs (oregano, chive blossoms, spearmint, rose ...
You've heard the phrase "a few eggs short of a dozen"? I think that's what the guy who tried to deliver us a truckload of chickens thought of me when I rejected those 250 birds a few weeks ago. Lon ...
The Kitchen Garden is teaming up with Simple Gifts Farm in Amherst to bring Pork Shares to our CSA members in Boston and Cambridge.
Simple Gifts Farm manages their pigs as part of their ecologi ...
I love tacos. There's nothing quite like that combination of fresh corn tortillas, crispy, fatty meat, pickled vegetables and cilantro. Before tomatoes are in season I like to make this spring version ...
Last week the New York Times printed a recipe in their food section for a spring vegetable-inspired version of puttanesca. While the recipe sounded pretty good to me, the fresh, seasonal ingredients s ...
Nature's first green is gold. At our farm, the first sign of life in spring is always the green shoots of garlic poking up from their straw-covered beds. Garlic is the foundation of pract ...
Spring has finally arrived and we are starting fresh here at the farm. This year it feels that we are really taking an active step forward to make the farm nicer; improving the appearance of the pla ...
Small Farming For a Living
This Saturday, April 2 Tim and I will be discussing "Small Farming for a Living" and our strategy for building a successful small farm as part of the Westfield River Wat ...
Pastry Shell (makes two tart shells) 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp kosher salt 2 sticks cold unsalted butter, cubed 1 egg yolk 1/2 cup heavy cream Combine flour and salt in the Cuisinart bow ...
This is the week we officially enter the busy season. We have our 3 summer crew members starting, we’ll be harvesting the first crops and attending the first markets, and we’ll begin plan ...
Spring is here. Planting season is upon us. And despite the recent chill in the air, the mood around the farm is very optimistic. Spring is a great time of year for us because it’s the only tim ...
We've started plowing! Check out this video footage of our trusty 1948 Ford 8n pulling a two-bottom plow. Tim made the first few passes then trained our new production manager Heather Diaz to do the r ...