* Gardens come and go in the Sunroot network. The plot in longest continuous relationship with me was begun just three years ago this spring, in April of 2006. This is the Cora Garden, and has been called “my favorite”. Mostly medicinals there, though we enjoyed sunchokes from it this winter. From 2007 through the [...]
Robin, a CSA subscriber, sent in this photograph of a pea shoot salad with walnuts and hard-boiled eggs.
Pea Shoots! They are a treat. At this time of year I’ll put anything green in a salad, and fancy restaurants agree with me when it comes to pea shoots. They are great in a salad–sweet and tender and pretty too. They are also delicious stir-fried very briefly with a little salt, garlic, and sesame [...]
These are from the cover crop growing at the Hampton acreage in Milwaukie, where the quinoa grew in 2008. These are Austrian field peas, grown as a nitrogen-fixing cover, or for soup peas. Super sweet and delicious!
These will be inlcuded in Monday’s CSA share, along with baby rainbow carrots, also super sweet. Like candy, the [...]
Meet farmers that are changing Portland’s urban landscape as they grow food in all kinds of places. Learn about their methods, philosophies & where we’re going with urban farming. Q & A discussion panel with farmers, land-lenders, CSA subscribers, community organizers, and other working to create an urban foodshed in the City of Roses.
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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 [...]