My Summer on a Farm: A Lot of Vegetables...

Just poking through

I forgot to post about planting peppers, there are about 25 different kinds from sweet to hot and a total of 200 pepper plants. We had the holes dug for a while but we had to wait for the weather to get better to put them in the ground. The peppers have been in the ground for a few weeks now and we are just starting to see some peppers on them. It wont be long before we are eating them. With so many different kinds of peppers there will be so many great recipes to try.

About a month ago we decided to experiment with growing ginger...we planted three ginger roots and nothing has happened. We used ginger root from the grocery store and we came to the conclusion that they were probably sprayed with some sort of anti-growth hormone. After doing a little internet research I found that most of the ginger root you buy in the store is sprayed to prevent growth. I would assume that organic ginger root would not be sprayed but unfortunately organic ginger root is harder to come by up here in Longville, MN. We will either look for ginger root on the internet or I will pick some up next time I am in the big city and we will start over.

We have been eating really well here the last few days. With so many things coming out of the ground Lissa is getting very creative with her meals.

Fried fish with homemade cocktail sauce, veggie stir-fry, and a mizuna salad

Smoked pork chop with pak choi and mushroom stir-fry

Mizuna pesto baked chicken

The mizuna pesto is incredible (seriously, incredible). We used it on burgers and as a dip for chips and finally used the last of it on this chicken. I posted the recipe in the recipe tab of you would like to try it.
Things are growing quickly and I wanted you all to see how things are coming along, those of you that are part of the CSA can see what you can look forward to in the next few weeks.