Spent the weekend down home. Luke's big day is coming up so Brian my dear friend and local newspaper beer critic took us to Abilene for a Texas breakfast. Visited Granny in Corning and helped the folks weed the garden.

Luke's wedding site:
http://www.lisaandlucas.com/

Brian's beer column:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100223/LIVING0101/2230305

Some of the plants are ready for harvesting. Bok choy, spinach, broccoli rabe and lettuce.

Building an addition to the barn for washing and packing vegetables. The deep trenches are for footers to be below the frost line.

Feeling well again after a never ending sinus infection. The plants have grown to incredible sizes. All our greens are big enough for harvest and we still have a week until the first CSA food distribution. To get ramped up for further fermentation experiments I made my first batch of yogurt. Who knew it was easier than making bread! Why didn't I try that years ago.

In other news put some miles on the road bike this weekend. The rolling hills of the Hudson Valley are a bikers dream.


Please feel free to send comments about spelling errors. Some day I might learn to proof read but that day has yet to come.

Sick as dog today. Seems to be a chest cold. Which normally isn't good news but that would rule out Lyme disease.

Added links to my old blogs. Now from 2006-2010 four years of blogging and some 900 posts in total. Links are permanently on the bottom of this page.

Erin and I went on Ramp hunt this weekend. If your willing the woods are full of edible treasures. Ramps are a native North American plant that tastes like garlic and onions. Lucky for us we found an area with an over abundance. Which enabled us to pick a few pounds without denting the plant population for next years hunters.

In the evening we dinned on Ramp & potato soup with a homemade vegetable broth. As well as Ramp pesto made with almonds and olive oil. Two new farmer friends joined us to feast in celebration of spring.

Ever heard of the Broads Regional Arm Wrestling League? I hadn't either. Based in the Hudson Valley they held a competition at the Steel House Bar in Kingston this Friday to raise money for various charities. Great fun!