Archive for the ‘Garden’ Category

Lettuce and green onions straight from the garden.

We’ve had quite a few guests on the farm over the past month and unfortunately, our lettuce has suffered the consequences. Lettuce waits for no one. So, we’ve been working on interesting ways to use lots of lettuce.

Here’s a recipe that Carolyn found in her cookbook from Orange City, Iowa. It’s called “Dutch Lettuce”, which is not surprising, considering Orange City is in the heart of Dutch country.

Dutch Lettuce

8-9 potatoes, crumbled small or mashed

Yu-hummmm!!

1 lb. bacon, fried and crumbled
6 eggs, scrambled in bacon grease (we sometimes leave this out)
3 quarts garden lettuce, chopped
Combine all, add a few diced green onions and drizzle with bacon grease.

We LOVE it!

watermelon

We’re trying to raise some plants for Bakers Creek, an heirloom seed company.  We fenced off an acre to keep the goats out.  Thlama, our bottle-fed calf what runs with the goats watched us for days wondering what the heck we were doing digging in the dry soil.  A neighbor tilled up strips with his tractor, and even after a couple passes with our tiller the ground was still very hard and rocky.  (After all that I can imagine that they made houses from sod!) We have a contract to raise a certain amount of watermelon, cantaloupe, tomatoes, peppers, and squash.  But we’re also going to plant some sweet corn of our own because we’ve got plenty of room.  Plus, all Bakers Creek wants is the seed so we can eat all the watermelon, squash, and cantaloupe we want as long as we save the seeds.