We have two Parties coming up. Our first is on a Sunday, September
9th, at Zephyros Farm & Garden here in Paonia. We are having a Farm
Dinner under the stars. It is being cheffed by myself, Chef Ryan Hardy of the Little Nell, Mark Fischer of 689, and Paonia chefs Eleni Stelter of Eleni's Uptown and Bob Isaacson of Smith fork Ranch. There will be live music and Local wines will be on sale. Cover Price is $35 with additional contributions if you can make them to a local farm fund. Reserve your ticket Fast! with Don or Daphne at 970-527-3636.
Zephyros Farm & Flower Garden are having their annual Farm Dinner soon. Call Don or Daphne @ 970 527-3636 to reserve your seat. Myself, Chef Ryan Hardy of The Little Nell, Chef Mark Fischer of Phat Thai and 689, and two other local chefs, (TBA) will cook fresh from the farm and lamb will make it's way onto the menu from Desert Weyr. The date is Sunday, September 9th. Please come meet and support your local growers!
My Goodness! This summer is going by so fast! It felt a little like fall this morning when I arose, but that is impossible because I haven't had the summer bounty of tomatoes, cucumbers and melons in my belly yet!
Mother Nature is eeking it out this year. Those tomatoes still aren't ready...
I once again am not sure what will be in the box. It has been one heck of a strange growing year so far.......I will venture a good guess that we will have Mesclun Salad mix, Summer Squash, Onions, Colorado Red Potatoes, Peaches, Squash Blossoms, Asian Greens, Garlic and Green Beans. As usual we will do our best to make it a wonderful
selection of fresh from the garden produce for you.
This week's box will have more of the same and new this week will be baby onions, Georgian Crystal garlic and fennel. I am not positive what fruit I will have but I will try to get you the best I can find of whatever is ready.
This is getting to you a little late to be exciting, I am sure, but I had to wait for the farmers to get back from their first markets of the season to find out what they could harvest for you.
It looks like you will have strawberries, cherries, mesclun mix, turnip tops, broccoli raab, sugar snap peas and snow peas! Yippee, come on Mother Nature, feed us......
It has been warm over here the last few days and that is helping to "set" a lot of the vegetables. We should see lots of good grub, soon!
I must be committing a crime. I am eating too well. Big brother is going to come find me and chain me to the Golden Arches any day now for getting away with such good eats. Surely little old me, part of the general public has no invitation to the decadent, fresh, top shelf, royalty reserved food chain that as I have been glutting gleefully on…
By point of fact, I wish to invite you in on my secret upper-echelon breakfast I whipped up for myself today. My entire meal, with the exception of one or two condiments and my Mochi Waffles (totally awesome, by the way) was locally grown by my neighbors, my friends and myself.
We wanted to be a liaison between two local communities, the Growers and the Eaters and to make it easy for both of you. Please keep telling your friends and neighbors about us, so more of us farmers can grow.
