On April 1st, we set out from the firepit garden on a Passover bike ride to several farming locations. It was a lovely sunny day, and the group harvested edibles for their seder plates, including maror (bitter herbs), such as horseradish root and parsley. One of us filled a bucket with [...]
Blue Scotch Kale, having survived a second winter, now bolting to flower. Seed originally found on roadside in 2007, with a “packed for 2001″ label on it. Planted out at Firepit that year, seed saved in 2008, yielding this delightfully frilly and sweet specimen.
Some kind of broccoli raab that volunteered last fall. [...]
Hello from Farmer K of Sunroot Gardens:
Two days and two dozen people made a sizeable dent into the 1 1/3 acres of wheat we have growing in Carver.
Many people had the chance to use a scythe, as there were 3=4 going at any time. Other folks raked and gathered the stalks into a long windrow, [...]
We have a few weeks left to get all the food we will be eating for the next year planted. We have been nonstop tilling, seeding and transplanting and have lots more ahead of us. For anyone out there interested in creating a local food network, organic farming, barter economy, growing tobacco, preserving [...]
Sunroot Gardens is comprised of a few dozen gardening plots and staple crop acreages in and around Southeast. From as “close in” as 13th & Clinton, to as “far out” as Carver (just outside the Urban Growth Boundary), there’s something growing somewhere, needing some kind of tending from time to time.
The day’s work is [...]
Chervil is a winter-hardy herb that likes to self-seed. It grows on its own in my front yard every spring. The flavor is a cross between parsley and fennel—an anise-like sweetness and potent green taste that create an astonishing alchemy with sweet and earthy beets. I like Chioggia beets in this dish [...]
For those who don’t know, Sunroot Gardens is an urban, bike-based agricultural operation that grows produce and staple crops for people who invest $ and for people who invest land/labor/goods & services. There’s much TALK about “sustainability”, barter economy, growing food-for-survival, etc. Sunroot Gardens is ACTION on these items, seriously, as [...]
Five years ago, I never would have considered eating cooking greens raw. Raw kale? No way. But guess what. I was wrong! They make great hearty, healthy winter salads and taste amazing at a time of year when we don’t get many fresh foods. Dove Vivi surprised me recently [...]
This may sound too obvious, but…
I’ve been trying to eat greens every day, and my favorite recipes of the week were a spinach and red pepper pizza with cilantro pesto sauce, and this recipe, which I had for breakfast, stuffed into crepes with garlic mashed potatoes. I tried greens finished with butter and vinegar [...]