making food happen, all over the country

I know that there are great urban gardening projects all over Seattle and the Northwest(look at the success of the P-Patches!). I recently talked to my long-time friend Katie, who grew up with me in the Southwest and transplanted herself in the Other Washington: DC, that is. She's starting an urban garden project and is looking for pledges of support to help her receive additional funding.

Katie has devoted her life to amazing work. She is a harm reductionist, and has worked with various groups in DC for the last 6 years. She now turns her sights an urban garden project. She hopes to create a safe outdoor space for people to enjoy their community and grow real food.

Her goal is to raise $5,500 by March 5th, so that she can continue her urban garden project. More information is here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/365526305/beet-street-gardens-good-food-and-safe-space-d?ref=email

Even a $1 donation will help her site to be more visible.

the first of the Summer Vegetables, 2010

Don't get too excited...yet. But we started seeding this week. All our onions, shallots, and leeks, along with early greens and celery, are now snuggled up against the heated table top in our greenhouse.

Here's a glimpse of the foggy interior

It's a balmy 75 degrees inside the greenhouse when the sun shines on it. The seeds will be up in a matter of days. Just makes me want to do a little dance.

January's Winter CSA delivery was today! The boxes included:

Carrots
Parsnips
Leeks
Rutabaga
Carnival Squash
Yellow Finn Potatoes
Blue Potatoes
Carpathian garlic
Shallots
Cameo Apples
D'Anjou Pears
Curly Kale
Fresh thyme
Artisan Cheese from Black Sheep Creamery
Locally Roasted Coffee from Santa Lucia

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This week is the delivery for our January share! We're pleased to have a selection of veggies from the farm despite the ridiculous temperatures we had in December. We also have a few bonus items: locally roasted organically grown coffee from Santa Lucia, and amazing local Pecorino from Black Sheep Creamery. Yum!

Photos from the Beach!

We were thrilled to have a few hours of gorgeous sunny weather every day we were there.

Back to work now!

Seed order completed, it's off to the beach!

After several days of wading through knee-high piles of seed catalogs, we finally completed the Summer 2010 seed order. Boistfort Valley Farm will once again plan and plant for another (hopefully) glorious season of vegetables.

And now, with the hard work of the seed ordering behind us, we retire to our favorite secluded beach spot for a couple days of r&r. Soon enough, we'll be glued to the farm, and unable to take a few days off. we're enjoying ourselves thoroughly.