Spring Coloring Page!
Color your world with the hues of spring!
Fresh This Week Tips – June 1, 2011
BLUEBERRIES STORE: Refrigerate unwashed blueberries in their container, they’ll last up to a week longer than most berries. Dry, unwashed berries can be frozen for up to a year in an airtight container. USE: To reduce the amount of color streaking, gently fold blueberries (unthawed, if frozen) into your cake or muffin batter at the […]
The Picnic Basket
I found it in a stack along with other picnic baskets but I immediately knew this was the one. It’s quite rare when you go antiquing with something specific in mind and you walk out with that very thing, and for a good price, I might add. That’s when you know that purchase is meant […]
Fresh This Week Tips – May 25, 2011
GRAPE TOMATOES STORE: Never refrigerate tomatoes – it kills the flavor. Keep them at room temperature, lightly wrapped if you prefer. If you want to speed the ripening process, put them in a pierced paper bag with an apple, which emits ethylene gas, a ripening agent. PREP: Grape tomatoes are best used split in half […]
Potatoes, Beets, Chard, Spinach and Radishes
Last week we were able to get a few crops in the ground and are hopeful to get a few more this week. It hasn’t been easy timing our efforts with the weather. Our first planting of beets had to be replanted. I planted them before the last deluge a week ago and that amount […]
Fresh This Week Tips – May 17th, 2011
STRAWBERRIES STORE: Leave strawberries unwashed and loosely wrap the container in a plastic bag or paper towel and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. PREP: Wash the berries and trim the caps just before using. USE: Strawberries are perfect in pies, just right in jams, and a sweet-tart touch in salads. But […]
Oh my!
I just looked at the extended forecast for this week and there is no rain in it for the next four days. Four days without rain! Somebody pinch me! There hasn’t been four days without rain since September! Truth be told, it hasn’t been the rain itself that has been the problem, but the volume […]
Fresh This Week Tips – May 5th, 2011
CAULIFLOWER STORE: Store cauliflower for up to one week in your crisper covered by a plastic or paper bag. PREP: Keep whole and chop off ¼ inch off the stem or cut the head into bite-sized florets. USE: Steam, roast, bake or stir fry cauliflower. Be careful not to overcook! MURCOTT TANGERINES STORE: Quite perishable, […]
What Really Matters
This past Saturday there was a terrible boating accident near Camano Island—a boat capsized in the bay. An uncle died on the scene and his nephew died a day later on Mother’s Day. The young man was wearing a life jacket, but was trapped under the boat. This is a terrible tragedy for a family […]
Wave of Good Donation to-date: $714
A great big “Thank you” to you and our participating suppliers for partnering with us in our effort to raise support for World Vision’s Japan quake and tsunami relief effort. This is our final week of contributing 20% of our sales on items from the following suppliers: Breadfarm Middleton Organics Oils of Paicines Sweet Creek […]
Enhance your gardens this spring!
This spring, to aid you in your organic gardening, we have decided to make some of the products that we use here on our own farm available to you! We are excited about the BioGarden garden and plant products because they incorporate broad-spectrum microbes, specially formulated enzymes, and a balanced nutritional program to promote optimal […]
Easter is the time for coloring eggs, but it's also a time for coloring pages!
Easter is the time for coloring eggs, but it’s also a time for coloring pages!
Easter Specials!
Only available for delivery the week of April 17th. 20% of the sales on these items will go to our Wave of Good Japan quake and tsunami relief effort. Easter Blessing Box ($31) – Share the joy of this Easter season with your neighbors in need by donating an Easter Blessing Box to the food […]
Welcome to Spring!
Last week I taught a spring baking class. While the weather outside was gray, rainy and cold enough for me to see my breath, inside the kitchen the oven was singing the flavors of spring. The weather may not be ready to admit that it’s April but my kitchen is. The evening started with […]
Fresh This Week Tips 03.30.2011
RHUBARB STORE: Before storing, remove any leaves from the rhubarb stalks and discard. Rhubarb stalks can be stored in the refrigerator for 5 to 7 days, unwashed and sealed in an air tight plastic bag or tightly wrapped in plastic. It is best to store fresh rhubarb in whole stalks because cut or diced pieces will dry […]
A Wave of Good
Many of you know that Klesick Family Farm loves being involved in good! We have our Neighbor Helping Neighbor food bank program, our Thanksgiving donation boxes and our Christmas blessing boxes where we partner with you to make a difference here locally. I have been considering an international outreach program, sort of a live locally […]
Wave of Good
A Wave of Good On Friday, March 11, Japan was hit by the largest earthquake in its history. The 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami swept away entire villages with walls of water more than 30 feet high, devastating lives and property. With this amount of devastation, the road to recovery will be a long one. In […]