Morning Song Farm News

Ingredients: 1 Tablespoon of White Sugar 1 Cup warm water 1 .25 ounce package active dry yeast 1 teaspoon salt 2 Tablespoons softened butter 2 Tablespoons of finely chopped rosemary Teaspoon total of mixed seasonings (pepper, oregano, dried garlic, parsley, etc.) 3 cups bread flour 1 teaspoon California Olive Oil (as always---I recommend Temecula Olive Oil's amazing freshly pressed oils) 1 egg dozen or so large green olives, cut lengthwise Directions: Dissolve the sugar in warm water in a medium bowl, and mix in the yeast. When yeast is bubbly, mix in salt, butter, 1 tablespoon rosemary, and your customed teaspoon of mixed seasoning. Mix in 2 cups flour. Gradually add remaining flour to form a workable dough, and knead 10 to 12 minutes. Coat the inside of a large bowl with olive oil. Place dough in bowl, cover, and allow to rise 1 hour in a warm location. Punch down dough, and divide in half. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Lightly grease paper. Shape dough into 2 ...

Wow. Just had an impossible time this week getting this post up. First photos taken wouldn't upload no matter which file pathway I chose, then the scanner chose this week to just not scan. No reason. Just a message that it was "connecting" like sometime... whenever. Maybe next Christmas. Then I couldn't get on to this blogsite. No reason. Just didn't let me on. ugggr! Anyway, it's weeks like these that sometimes I just throw my hands up and don't post; but since there's some unusual things in the boxes, I felt I couldn't just skip it. OK, I've vented. On to the harvest: Fennel this week: you'll notice the ferny bunch of herb in your box has a candy-licorce aroma. You can take kitchen shears and cut tiny pieces into your raw salads. Or try throwing them on the barbeque with other veggies to infuse the sweet taste into your meal that way. You'll note tiny little carrots, these are our thinnings; photo to the left is the harvest yesterd...

Strawberries from my friend Sandra over at Be-Wise Ranch this week! Sandra bought lots of our kumquats this week and I'm thrilled to have her CCOF Certified Organic strawberries. We had hoped to have radishes in all boxes this week, but the cold, despite the added protection of plastic hoops, has resulted in our radishes sitting in the cold soil, sulking. Normally by March, Morning Song Farm has, as my friend Joe from Jr's Farm joked, "cornered the market on radishes." Ok, they're one of the easier root veggies to grow. Lots more Cheno (lamb's quarters) coming along nicely, we can't wait to have bunches back in our boxes. And we're eyeing those mulberries! Students from the Jewish Farm School flew in last week and helped on the farm. Together we worked on blackberry pruning, weed eradication, fencing the newest row crop area from our ever-present squirrel population, and working on restoring the fire damaged west avocado grove. Whew! Unbelievable amoun...