touch the earth farm blog

Wow, it’s the beginning of August, and it’s starting to feel like the summer’s already over. Kids are heading back to school all across America, and even the weather is turning fallish. Not to mention the days getting shorter. But I’ve just started to harvest my tomatoes! Surely we have a few good weeks left […]

For all the foodies out there, here’s our latest Farm to Table installment.

This week one meal really stood out from the others for local and zero mile flavor.
Rotisserie chicken; couscous with sundried tomatoes, basil, and ricotta cheese; mixed green salad with chevre, radishes, and green onions; homemade ciabatta bread.
Wine: White Linen by Deep Creek Cellars.
Everything […]

We’ll be putting our goose in to brine tomorrow morning, leaving it in the salt and ice water bath for about 36 hours until I’m ready to cook it Christmas day.
To prep the bird, I’ll rub it down with just a bit of olive oil to help crisp the skin quickly, but goose is a […]

Mmmmm…delicious! For Thanksgiving this year we managed to pull an almost totally local, nearly zero mile meal complete from Touch the Earth Farm—if it weren’t for the lousy potato harvest this year, we would’ve done it. As it was, however, dinner was pretty magnificent. I hope yours was as wonderful.
I made two heritage turkeys this […]

Green zebra and summer squash salsa with balsamic vinaigrette, served as a side to a rotisserie chicken.

Recipe:

Dice yellow squash, green zucchini, and green zebra tomatoes
Toss with balsamic vinaigrette

Balsamic Vinaigrette:

equal parts of olive oil and balsamic vinegar
pinch cayenne pepper
pinch sea salt
dollop dijon mustard
minced garlic clove
basil

I’m offering this new segment, “Farm to Table,” just to give folks some ideas what we do with our share here at Touch the Earth Farm.
Dinner here on Wednesday:
Heritage chicken brushed in olive oil, sprinkled with thyme and rosemary, and slow cooked on the rotisserie grill.
Salad with purslane, black seeded simpson and red […]