Wood Duck Farm
October29th, 2010
This week at the farm we began with an excellent dinner event this past Sunday, hosted by Guest Chef Justin Bayse of Stella Sola. Go to this link to read more, My Table Farm Dinner Article This was our second in a series of our All Star Chef Line Up here at the farm. The next dinner is about two weeks away, Saturday, November 13th More info provided below. The week ended up with us having students from the Kingwood Montessori School visiting our farm yesterday. We did the whole "hayride behind the tractor" tour of the farm with kids getting to see our pastured chickens, baby pigs, big pigs and lots of walking in the corn patch. We ended up with a lunch comprised of our own "home grown" salad greens, hot bread and apple juice. A nice day it was.
We are in the third week of our Fall 2010 CSA program. Shares this week received an assortment of veggies including the following:
Green Beans
Turnips
Butter Nut Squash
Tomatoes
Micro Greens
Portabella Mushrooms
Cucumbers
Radishes
Baby Arugula and/or Salad Mix
For those of you not familiar with the term, CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and is a direct partnership between you and the farmer. C.S.A. members pay in advance for a share of the upcoming harvest, thus the farmer is ensured a consistent market and the consumer is ensured high-quality local produce. Produce is delivered to many of our Houston neighborhood pick-up locations within 24 hrs. of harvesting. For a link to where we deliver, visit CSA Pickup Locations
What's growing? While the weather is pretty nice, the plants really require a lot of water when the humidity is so low and the breezy conditions remain so constant. We have to run our wells almost around the clock to keep everything irrigated. In light of the dry conditions, the plants like the weather. The bugs seem to be suppressed as well. The forecast is for it to be in the 30's here tomorrow morning; we'll see if some of these weeds can get "zapped' a little with a subtle frost. Our sweet corn is a few weeks away, but the raccoons seem to be taking a liking to them already. We'll keep you posted. Broccoli and cauliflower are a few weeks away as well. More green beans, turnips, salad greens coming for sure next week.
Next Guest Chefs On Our All Star Line Up
Saturday November 13th Congrats to our next featured guest chef, Jon Buchanan, Executive Chef at Trevisio. A few wks back, Chef Jon won the Risotto Festival Cook-off with his Risotto al limone e granchio, risotto with jumbo lump crab, lemon and fresh chives. Visit this link where Chef Jon gained the honors at the International Risotto Festival 1st Place Goes to Chef Buchanan More info below.
For a glimpse at the menu visit Saturday, Nov. 13th farm Dinner Menu Dinner tickets for this event can be purchased at our Urban Harvest Farmer's Market booth on Saturday morning or via PayPal on our website at Farm Dinner PayPal Purchase . Prices are $75 per person (which includes tax and gratuity, a real bargain!) and the events will be BYOB. The Saturday dinner will begin with a reception around 3-3:30 or so and we will start our farm tour around 4:00 with dinner to follow around 4:45-5:00. The dinner menus will focus on locally grown/raised food. For more info/photos about our earlier farm dinners visit WDF Spring Dinners
Visiting the Urban Harvest Farmer's Mktl on Saturday morning or Wednesday's at lunch? Please stop by and say hi!
Incidentally, a lot of our farm events and details can be found on our Face Book page as well.
All the Best,
Van Weldon
Cell 713 876 8645
www.woodduckfarm.com
email csa@woodduckfarm.com
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