Saturday morning CSA pickups are a fun time for our Kitchen Garden community. We love letting kids run around with the chickens, or help their parents pick out their weekly ve ...

Well, the drought is officially over after several inches of rain fell in an hour on Friday and then again on Saturday. The fields are drying out now and we're back to the usual business of harvesting ...

This Week's Share (Full / Small) Tomatoes (2 lbs / 1 lb) Sweet Peppers (6 / 3) Hot Peppers (6 / 3) Squash/Cucumbers (4 lbs total / 2 lbs total) Carrots/Beets/Onions (3 lbs total / 2 lbs tota ...

  Jarrett and Katie's wedding this past weekend was memorable and sweet - much like the fresh mozzarella and tomato salad we all gorged on during the celebration.  We wish them many y ...

This Week's Share (Full / Small) Tomatoes (3 lbs / 2 lbs) Peppers / Eggplant (6 total / 4 total) Squash / Cucumbers (4 lbs total / 2 lbs total) Potatoes (3 lbs / 1 1/2 lbs) Leeks (1 bunch /  ...

This Week's Share (Full / Small) Tomatoes (4 lbs / 2 lbs) Eggplant and Peppers (4 total / 2 total) Sweet Onions (1 bunch / 1 bunch) Carrots and Beets (2 lbs total / 1 lb total) Lettuce an ...

Share (Full / Small) Tomatoes (3 lbs / 2 lbs) Eggplant (1 / 1) Beans (1 quart / 1 quart) Summer Squash (3 lbs / 2 lbs) Carrots (2 lbs / 1 lb) Sweet Onions (1 bunch / 1 bunch) Fennel or ...

What better way to use that last primo tomato of the season than on a final summertime B.L.T.? All B.L.T.’s are not created equal, and this one had to be perfect.  Care must be taken to  ...

This is the time of year when a turn in the weather will trigger fits of hording. The fruits of summer are living out their final days, and the mind begins to fearfully anticipate a season when the  ...

It's one of the ironies of our farming life that at a certain point in the season we have to leave the farm behind and drive far away in order to relax and enjoy the fruits of our labor. Of course w ...

Why is it that the moment for canning and preserving always falls on really really hot days? Everyone with childhood memories of canning remembers two things: the smell and the heat. For many, sadly ...

This week I’m not going to talk about the weather. Well, let’s just say I feel jerked around.  The good news is that after last week’s heat wave and storms, we had a massive bursting forth  ...

This is a very special year for tomatoes. After two very wet cool summers we are finally discovering the taste of good tomatoes again, only possible with the intense heat and dryness that has defined  ...

Inspired by "Chez Panisse Fruit" by Alice Waters 2lbs ripe peaches, peeled and sliced in 1/4 inch wedges 1/2 cup blueberries 2-4 Tbsp sugar 2 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted 1 recipe Galette Dough (reci ...

Every year, about halfway into tomato season, a melancholy—not unlike the dread of “Back to School”—starts to set in. Tomatoes sitting on the counter start to attract fruit fli ...

Red or white?  This is our version, a nice compromise. 1 lb. spaghetti, linguine, or cappellini 2 lbs. steamer clams, or 24 littlenecks 1-2 pints cherry tomatoes, halved 1 head garlic  ...

This recipe has been a favorite of ours for years, adapted from Jack Bishop's The Complete Italian Vegetarian Cookbook. For the Basil-Garlic Crust 1/3 cup fresh basil leaves 1 medium garlic cl ...

We are in high summer now. Most years, lettuce and salad greens are tough to grow this time of year. But the high highs of this year’s record breaking heat wave have made it close to impossible, ...

Caroline and I are in Block Island this week with the family taking in the sea air and recharging our spirits with the natural scenery. We have turned over the operations of the farm to our amazing an ...

1 pound zucchini or other summer squash vegetable oil to come ½ inch up the side of a skillet 1 pound fusilli (or any short, stubby pasta) 3 Tbsp butter 3 Tbsp olive oil 1 tsp flour, dissolved ...

Summer came and went in about 2 weeks this year. If it hadn't been so dreadfully humid, we might not have even noticed. At the end of summer, you can tell what summer was like by looking at the heat-l ...

Eggplant was introduced to Europe by the Moors and became a favorite vegetable in the places that they took over, like Sicily. The Moorish taste for sweet and sour also comes through in this dish. L ...

1 lb. eggplant 1-2 lbs. tomatoes, chopped 1 head garlic canola oil for frying olive oil a few sprigs fresh basil salt & pepper  Slice the eggplant into 1/2-inch rounds and fry them over m ...

One of the best things to do with fully ripe tomatoes at the height of the season is to oven-roast them.  The resulting concentrated flavor is similar to that of sun-dried tomatoes. Choose firm f ...

We have a limited supply of plum, or paste, tomatoes available for special order if you would like to try your hand at canning. (Call Caroline at (413) 387-5163 to inquire about ordering for delivery  ...

This past week was another big one.  We did a a major planting of broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, fennel, beets, turnips, and lettuce.  We harvested a barnful of onions, a pretty strenuous a ...

3 sweet peppers, sliced 1 onion, sliced 3 cloves garlic 3 sprigs parsley, chopped 1 ripe tomato, chopped 6 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil salt & pepper Sauté the garlic and onion in oil until  ...

2 lbs potatoes 2 lbs sweet peppers 1 lb or less plum tomatoes 1-3 heads garlic ½ cup Olive oil Salt & Pepper This is a really simple dish that takes advantage of all the flavors of summer.& ...

1 pint cherry tomatoes (or 2 slicing tomatoes) 1 sweet onion 1 clove garlic Hot chilies, to taste 1/2 bunch cilantro Juice of 1 lime 1 Tbsp sugar, optional 1 Tbsp vinegar, optional Chop everything to ...

It is officially the busy season here at The Kitchen Garden.  Last week was an incredible week.  In our exhaustion, we can take satisfaction in a laundry list of accomplishments.  Never ...

1 cup water 3 Tbsp. red wine vinegar ½ lb. stale bread, cut into 1-inch cubes 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 cups tomatoes, chopped (beefsteak) or halved (cherry) 1 cup celery, thinly sliced  ...

Fusilli w/ Zucchini & Creamy Basil Sauce | Diced Zucchini Bake | Zucchini-Pine Nut Pizza | Fried Zucchini Sticks The first blooms to open on the zucchini plants signal the arrival of summer.  They a ...