Sol Food Farm

Box: spuds, basil, bok choy, lettuce, broccoli/eggplant, apples, garlic, squash/tomatoes, chard.

Well the big news on campus is that our dear friend Leo is coming up for a visit tomorrow. We really just cannot wait to scream and shout with him and call him names. As you may or may not know he has been living out in New York working on various farms and cooking at a fabulous local restaurant. He’s here through Saturday and you can catch him at the Occidental Farmer’s Market this Friday evening. He’ll be signing his new book, How to be loud and obnoxious. He is really good at it. JUST KIDDING! We love him.
As you can see, there is lots of bok choy in the box. We know you haven’t had it in a while and so just wanted to really give you a great bok choy experience. Bok choy can be steamed, stir fried, and tossed in a super crunchy salad. It’s a nice addition to any dish for it’s fresh crunch. Thanks everyone for being so super. Super duper.

Box contains: basil, lettuce, carrots, dino kale, collards, heirloom collards, peppers, broccoli, apples, plums

Apples and plums are from Twim Peaks Orchard. Thanks Ed.

It’s week twenty here at the farm. Still getting a few more transplants into the ground like Napa cabbage, lettuce, bok choi, and more broccoli. Then we can take down the hoop house! Clean up the plastic and prepare the frame for the next year. Then it’s basically weeding what is in the ground now and we can start to relax. Brian likes to tell me to relax and then I like to yell back, in a strained angry voice, “I am relaxed!” It’s one of the many ways that we have fun here working with each other all day long. I must say I am singing more fiercely than ever. Ingrid and I have been singing the I believe I can fly song all morning. We’re really good.

RECIPE.

Salad. Make a salad.

The box has this:
Lettuce, basil, collards, heirloom collards, dino kale, apples, peaches, parsley, broccoli, eggplant, squash.

News.

It rained. Thank you Jesus.

All is well and good at Sol Food Farm. Hope you all enjoyed that rain. WE loved it. The tomatoes weren’t that into it. We wish you a super duper and that er’body has a fantastic week. HOLLER!!!!

Recipe from Bryla Jane Watson III, aka. Farmer Brian

Stir Fry
½ onion
3 garlic cloves
1 bunch collards
handful of Broccoli
3-4 squash
1 eggplant
salt
olive oil

Heat up olive oil, garlic in for 30 seconds. Chopped onions until translucent. Add diced eggplant, 2 minutes later add diced summer squash. Three minutes later add collards. Pinch of salt. Cook until collards are soft. Add soy sauce if you like.

Brian loves to watch the View. Loves it.