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Available for purchase at the Brickyard Farms website, Schuler Books, Kazoo Books, and Amazon
Articles about the book in the Kalamazoo Gazette and Grand Rapids Press.
Reviews by Olga Bonfiglio and on Amazon.
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Over the Top Brussels Sprouts
Brussels sprouts. One of those vegetables you either love or hate. We had them for every major holiday in my childhood. We used to call them ‘Texas Cabbage’, and I love them. Although I don’t remember my mother ever cooking … Continue reading
Posted in Raves, Recipes, Vegetables
Tagged brickyardfarms, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, dijon sauce, farm, food, locavore, raves, recipes, vegetarian
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Waste Not Want Not
After a three month hiatus, I’ve decided to return to blogging about food and our farm. It was impossible for me to juggle all the demands of the summer and have anything left to think coherently, much less write. We are … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Farm News, Food Issues, Recipes, Uncategorized, Vegetables
Tagged brickyardfarms, compost pile, dinner, essays, farm, food, locavore, manageable pieces, rants, raves, recipes, tomato yield, tomatoes, vegetarian, vodka sauce
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Challenges Mean Finding Solutions
It’s been quite a week! We’ve been busy transplanting hundreds of tomato plants for the up-coming market season. This involves moving the trays that are transplanted to our hoop-houses for them to ‘beef-up’ and harden-off for selling. With temperatures above … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Farmer's Market, Rants, Raves
Tagged brickyardfarms, essays, food, friendships, hoop-houses, rants, raves, tomatoes, weather
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The Real Dirt on Spuds
It’s been a wild week for us! We received our seed potatoes and onion sets on Wednesday from Moose Tubers in Waterville, Maine. We try to get our ordern to them in early January, hoping for the best selection. This year … Continue reading
Posted in Farm News, Raves, Recipes, Uncategorized
Tagged brickyardfarms, dessert, eggs, food, lemons, plant potatoes, raves, recipes, seed potatoes
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The Devil’s in the Details
Being vegetable farmers, we don’t eat out a lot. When we do go into town and want to eat out, we tend to stay away from chain restaurants. In a pinch we are willing to eat at Panera or Chipotle. There are many … Continue reading
Simple Pleasures: Shelling Beans
Our farm season is soon coming to a close, yet we still have much to offer at our market stall. Beautiful lettuces, spinach, turnips, rutabaga, three kinds of kale, Swiss chard and beets have all made their appearance. As farmers we … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Farm News, Raves, Recipes, Uncategorized, Vegetables
Tagged beans, brickyardfarms, essays, farm, food, locavore, raves, recipes
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Tomato-fest
Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes! Do I sound redundant? We are picking, sorting, eating and breathing tomatoes! We see tomatoes in our sleep. It’s been wicked busy here at the farm. I’ve been going to market on Wednesdays and Fridays by myself, … Continue reading
Filling Our Larder: Frugal Meets Flavor
There was a time when nothing was wasted. Everything had a viable use or was shared with others less fortunate. In this land of abundance, many of us are learning to tighten our belts a little more, as the economy … Continue reading
Posted in Farm News, Raves, Recipes
Tagged brickyardfarms, canning, essays, farm, food, friendships, fruit, larder, locavore, raves, recipes, self-sustaining
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Spring’s Bounty: Morels
Alice Water’s once said, expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise. We had just gotten back from running an errand to find a pile of fresh morels on our kitchen table. The locals had been combing the woods around the farm … Continue reading
The Chicken, The Farmer & The Cook
When I was contemplating what to write about this week, it occurred to me that this is not simply a food blog. It also is a farm blog, a blog on food issues and a life-style blog. Food is at … Continue reading
