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Greetings!
August has been feeling like Fall around here. We have gotten more than enough rain this month to keep our plants in the garden happy. This is a bit unusual as August is usually drier. The nights have been getting cooler and we often need a jacket for early morning work. The harvest has been bountiful and we are well into preservation activities with sour pickles, peaches, tomatoes and other products. Apples, Asian pears, black walnuts, autumn olive berries and acorns are all crops we hope to harvest and store this coming fall.
We invite you out to the farm for a work day and vegan potluck on Saturday, September 3rd, starting at 10 AM. We'll be constructing a cob bench and storage area to go along with the cob oven. Also be sure to check out our certified organic seed garlic. Buy some now and get it planted this fall for July 2012 harvest.
We hope you are eating well this summer and getting to spend some time outdoors in nature.
Regards,
Joel Cahalan
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Organic Seed Garlic for Sale! | | A portion of the 2011 Garlic Harvest at Wild Meadows Farm |
We had a good garlic harvest this past July. After curing and cleaning it we are offering it to you now. The pricing is $10 for 8 oz and $18 for 16 oz. Please contact us via email if you would like to order some. We have the following varieties: Amish Red We got this seed from our friend Gary Lambert. He has been growing this garlic organically for many years. It is a hardneck with red skin, large cloves and excellent flavor. German Extra-Hardy This one does very well in our region. Very winter-hardy. Large cloves with a purplish blush, 6 to 8 per bulb. Very strong flavor when raw, which mellows when cooked. Inchelium Red Hailing from the Colville Indian Reservation in Inchelium, Washington, this garlic is a large and beautiful artichoke variety. The dense bulb, can have anywhere from 9-20 cloves and an outer bulb wrapper that is thick for the purpose of protecting the bulb. The flavor of the Inchelium Red is softly robust but not so strong as to be overwhelming; the flavor often sharpens in storage (description for slowfoodusa website). Georgian Crystal Georgian Crystal is a large and beautiful porcelain garlic with delightfully robust flavor but not very much hotness. If you want a richly flavored, long storing Porcelain that won't burn you out, this one's for you. From a growers perspective, it is a large and healthy garlic to grow and appears to be relatively resistant to most of the diseases that can affect garlic. It originated in the Republic of Georgia, the former Soviet republic between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. An excellent garlic for raw eating and in pesto, salsa, etc. (from gourmetgarlic growers website). All varieties are $10 for 8 oz or $18 for 16 oz of seed garlic. Please contact us at info@wildmeadowsfarm.com or 814-839-4962.
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Fun With Cob!
Saturday, September 3rd (10 AM-till it's done!)
Join us as we expand our outdoor kitchen with a cob bench, table and wood storage next to our already constructed cob oven. The materials used will consist of old tires (locally harvested) & rocks (plenty of them in PA) for the foundation and sand, silt and clay, courtesy of our friend Andy.
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Cob is a traditional building technique used around the world to construct beautiful dwellings and other structures. It uses the natural materials that are widely available for free or cheap. Best of all anyone can learn the simple techniques. Cobbing is best done with many hands so we hope you can join us! Tasty food and drink will be part of the day. Bring a dish to share!
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Northeast Permaculture Convergence
We attended the northeast permaculture convergence at Camp Epworth this past July and had a great time learning, sharing and networking. One of the highlights was a visit to Lee Reich's farmden (larger than a garden but smaller than a farm). As the author of several highly aclaimed books on edible landscaping including, "Weedless Gardening", and "Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden" we expected to be impressed and learn a lot and were not disappointed in either category.
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I was especially excited to learn that Lee gets 10 quarts of berries from each blueberry plant in his garden. He detailed his methods for achieving this excellent yield and I hope to duplicate it some day. The other exciting development to come out of the convergence is the creation of a network of permaculture teachers. While still in it's infancy, I think this project has great potential for coordinating, increasing proficiency and sharing ideas that will strengthen the profession.
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Tiny House Update
After many trials and tribulations with the metal supply company, they finally got our order right and we got to finish up the exterior of the tiny house. There is still a lot of interior finish work to do but we are excited to have this crucial step complete!
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Putting the finishing touches on the siding
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What's Growing in the Solar Greenhouse? 
Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplants, Basil and more! Check out Bedford.LocallyGrown.net
to order from the farm!
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Simple Vegan Carrot Cake Made for Ted's B-day!
 To celebrate the turning of a year, we baked a classic vegan carrot cake decorated with Ted's trademark symbol!
Ingredients
2 1/3 c all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
½ tsp salt
6 tbsp flax seed meal
3/4 c warm water
1 c sugar
1 c oil
1 tsp vanilla
2 c shredded carrots
1 c walnuts, chopped
Step by Step Instructions
Preheat oven to 350º. Lightly oil a 9x13" pan. In a small bowl, sift together dry ingredients (flour through salt). In a large bowl, whisk together flax seed meal and water. Beat in sugar and oil. Add vanilla and carrots and mix until combined. Add dry mix and stir until moistened. Fold in walnuts. Bake for 25-30 min, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool and frost or eat plain! Delicious either way.
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VIDEO~Your Yard is Evil!
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John discusses the absolute insanity of front yards. Turf grass is the biggest irrigated crop in the US; we irrigate grass almost exclusively with drinkable water; also, you will be surprised to learn that grass is INEDIBLE!
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