Shared Legacy Farms Offers Hayride at Schedels
September 29, 2011 by corinna96
Filed under Farm Events
On October 8, from 10 AM to 1 PM, Schedel Gardens in Elmore will be hosting a Family/Community Day at their beautiful gardens. All kinds of family-friendly activities will be available throughout the grounds. Admission is free for kids, and $5 for adults. We will be offering free hayrides on our wagon/tractor from Woodmore High [...]
Kurt’s Muddy Boots Week 16
As we wind down for the season I challenge you to first of all keep eating healthy. It gets really hard from here on out with the coming holidays and gatherings. I know it gets hard for me because both the Bench’s and the Hills get together and do lots of eating come fall and [...]
The Importance of Field Tile
With all the heavy rains this year, it has become imperative that we install field tile in our vegetable fields this fall. Field tile is a drainage system that is put under the ground, made up of large yellow and black hoses that lead to a drainage ditch or stream. These hoses are perforated with [...]
Final Week Instructions
With next week being the final week for fruit and egg customers, it’s time to review our “Closing instructions.” (Vegetable customers will receive their final box the week of October 10th). You will need to bring back all your bins on your final day. So next week: fruit customers bring in their fruit crates. And [...]
Montana Writes Week 16
September 26, 2011 by corinna96
Filed under Montana's Diary
Please turn off the faucet! We are once again surrounded by water on all sides. Luckily, Kurt checks the weather every few hours and he knew rain was coming. So he was able to harvest most of the stuff on Sunday night. This has been a weird week since we had to harvest two different [...]
Warm Cider and Rum Punch
In a large pot, combine 8 cups apple cider, 1 apple, thinly slice crosswise, 1 orange, thinly sliced crosswise, 2 cinnamon sticks, and a 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced. Bring to a boil over high; reduce to a simmer and cook 5 minutes. (Keep warm over low up to 2 hours). Rmove [...]
Merry Mulled Cider
We made this last December several times for the family, and Jed loved it. Ingredients: 7 c. apple cider or juice 1 c. cranberry juice 2 T. brown sugar 1 cinnamon stick (3-inch) 1 fresh rosemary sprig 2/3 c. orange juice In a Dutch oven, bring the apple cider, cranberry juice, brown sugar, cinnamon and [...]
Basic Apple Cider and Variations
Place the whole spices like the cloves in a ziploc bag and whack them with a meat mallet to crack them open. They’ll release more flavor when added to the cider….To keep this cider warm for hours, after you’ve made it transfer it to a slow cooker! To store: allow cider to reach room temperature, [...]
Farmer Kurt Blogs Week 15
Mmmm… sweet corn in the dead of winter. That’s all I could think about as our families spent time this past weekend cutting sweet corn to be stored away in the chest freezer until the snow flies. It was a lot of fun. I was one of the main cob cutters. Corinna had bought a [...]
Early Bird Registration for 2012 is now open!
It’s time to start the process of registration for next year for our returning customers. We are offering “Early Bird” registration for our current customers ONLY through October 31. During this time, you can sign up and pre-pay for next season at a discounted rate, receiving $20 off your total order (egg orders are exempt). [...]
