To all who ordered: we will see you from 9-11 at the eating area behind Common Ground Food Coop inside the mall. Remember: there are no extras of the leafy greens, but there will be another pickup in two weeks.
Ordering is Closed for 2/4/12 PickUp at Lincoln Square Village.
admin, January 15th 2012 |Last Holiday Market Saturday 12-17-11
Tomorrow at Lincoln Square Village from 8-1 we will be bringing you:
Salad Mix, Mache (look to your left), Arugula, Tatsoi, Spinach, Parsley, Green Onions, Kale, Chard, Bok Choy, Napa Cabbage, Beets, Turnips, Misato Radishes, Carrots, Butternut and Kabocha Squash.
On January 7th, we’ll start our Blue Moon Winter Pickup, so look for details!
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Green and Orange Goodness Tomorrow 12/10/11at the Holiday Market
Tomorrow from 8-1 at Lincoln Square Village in our spot in front of Art Mart, you can find:
Salad mix, arugula, cilantro, parsley, kale, chard, spinach, turnips, beets, radishes, misato radishes, brussels sprouts, Italian broccoli, carrots, cabbage, napa cabbage, bok choy, butternut squash, green peppers and hot peppers.
12-9-11 and 12-17-11 are the last Holiday Markets. After that, we will start our private winter market. To sign up to get on our email list, please visit the sidebar to the right and click on “Email List”.
Come in from the Cold: More Produce Tomorrow 12/3/11 at Lincoln Square Village
At the Holiday Market tomorrow from 8-1pm, we will be featuring : Salad mix, arugula, cilantro, parsley, kale, chard, spinach, turnips, beets, radishes, misato radishes, head lettuce, brussels sprouts, Romanesco broccoli, Italian broccoli, broccoli shoots, carrots, cabbage, napa cabbage, bok choy, butternut sqash, green peppers, and hot peppers.
We will be in our old spot in front of Art Mart. See you there.
Pre-Thanksgiving Produce at Lincoln Square Village Sat. Nov. 19 8-1pm
Expect to see us in a different spot tomorrow, close to the Northwest entrance by the food court. There is a Festival of Trees happening in the other side of the mall. You don’t need to pay their entrance fee, just tell them you want to shop at the market.
We’ll have:
Salad mix, arugula, cilantro, parsley, spinach, tatsoi, bok choy, head lettuce, green onions, beets, radishes, misato radishes, turnips, butternut squash, acorn squash, sweet potatoes, potatoes, kale, chard, red/green peppers, hot peppers, cabbage, napa cabbage, and we hope some brussels sprouts.
Six More Weeks of Summer! The Market Moves Indoors Beginning. Nov. 13th 8-1pm
As the weather gets cooler, the carrots, spinach and farmers get sweeter! For the next six Saturdays we’ll be at the Holiday Market inside Lincoln Square Village from 8-1 pm, featuring delicious tops and bottoms:
Salad Mix, Arugula, Cilantro, Spinach, Parsley, Kale, Chard, Bok Choy, Head Lettuce, Carrots, Fennel, Turnips, Beets, Misato radishes, Radishes, Kohlrabi, Sweet red peppers, Hot peppers, Green Peppers, Purple peppers, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Butternut squash, Acorn squash, Broccoli, Romanesquo Cauliflower, Cabbage, Napa Cabbage, Tatsoi, and probably some beleaguered Tomatoes.
The Holiday Market will run Saturdays from Nov. 12 until Dec. 17 from 8-1pm. For more information, you can visit their website here http://urbanabusiness.com/events/holiday-market. They will have a map of the vendors as well.
What did the Radish say to the Cabbage?
Time to stock up before the freeze!
http://www.bluemoonfarm.biz/2010/08/27/time-to-freeze-tomatoes/
http://www.bluemoonfarm.biz/2010/03/15/cilantro-pesto/
http://www.bluemoonfarm.biz/2009/06/26/coleslaw-you-want-to-eat-on-a-hot-day/
Extended Hours at Prairie Fruits Farm tomorrow, 8/16/11
Responding to requests from working people to stay longer at the goat farm, we’ll be at Prairie Fruits Farm tomorrow from 3-6pm. We’ll have salad mix, basil, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, garlic, onions, potatoes, zucchini/summer squash, chard, kale, and pickling cucumbers. Don’t miss out on the goats and gelato, either!
Summer Bounty Tomorrow at the Market
We’ve got salad mix (limited quantity), arugula, chard, kale, basil, tomatoes, heirlooms, cherry tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, summer squash, hot peppers; red, green, white, and purple peppers. We’ve got garlic, onions, potatoes, and beets! All of this tomorrow at the farmer’s market in Lincoln square village. Don’t let the rain stop you, get out and enjoy it!
At the Market August
All the regulars and some new items including baby corn should be there but some items, like salad mix, may not be as abundant as usual. No one needs to tell anyone else that the weather has been brutal. Let’s hope August harvest days continue to be nicer than July.
Harvest Help Wanted
Blue Moon Farm needs energetic early riser Thursdays and Fridays (maybe other days too periodically) August until the crops run out (we hope that will be mid-November but you never know in central Illinois). Email us at bluemoonfarmurbana@gmail.com. Include your name, phone#, hours you can work and anything else you think pertenant.
Can you see yourself hanging with this group?
PLENTY of love for veggies in this cookbook
I tend to 
look to the veggies for guidance on what to cook instead of to cookbooks but this one is an exception. I can’t turn the pages of Totam Ottolengghi’s book without going crazy waiting for items to come into season so I can cook them up as shown in the book. The recipes, which are vegetarian and draw on numerous culinary cultures including Arab and Jewish traditions, are produce inspired. I am so happy that onions are in (the stuffed onion recipe is on tonight’s list), and am counting the days for fennel and eggplant to come in so I can make the paella and croquettes.
At the Market June 17
Arugula, Basil, Bok Choy, Broccoli, Cilantro, Chard, Cucumbers, Green Onions, Kale, Onions, Salad Mix, Scapes, Spinach, Sugar Snap Peas, a few Tomatoes, Zucchini
Why farmers need a rye sense of humor
Who would think that such a beautiful field of vetch and rye has a dark side?
I know you are thinking this is a pun, with the dark side being the soil organic matter that these covers are improving but that’s not it. These covers are beasts. The wet weather makes it difficult to incorporate these on a timely basis and makes the farmer’s annual stress over spring bed preparation much worse. Here Jon consult with the soil to see if it is dry enough to till without causing damage to the soil or the marriage and worries about the next rain. Those of us who care about soil stewardship have to appreciate farmers like Jon (Lisa Haynes, Bob Bracket, Allen Williams, Marty Gray, Stan Shutte, and Henry Brockman to name a few) who continue to grow cover crops in these wild weather times.
Joel Gruver and his students have bios of many cover crop innovators up at the following site..http://www.mccc.msu.edu/innovators.html check it out.
Blue Moon Produce at Prairie Fruits farm Sat. 4/30/11 9-12:30
We’ve got the goods: salad mix, spinach, carrots, napini, chard, flowering bok choy, kale, cilantro, parsley and potatoes. There is no pre-order this week, so show up to eat delicious breakfast, see jumping baby goats, and get your weekly produce. Due to the Illinois Marathon, we’re extending the time by a half hour in case of traffic delays. The regular market will be starting on May 7, which is the week after this Saturday. We want to thank everyone for a terrific winter market season and hope to see you all next year same time and place.
Saturday’s Breakfast of Champions
Thumbs up on Prairie Fruit’s goat milk gelato. It’s the way to start a day of spinach washing.
Farmers SPRING Into Action
Leslie (Prairie Fruits Farm), Jon (Blue Moon Farm) and Lisa (Tomahnous Farm) look pretty good now, let’s check back in 2 months!
Blue Moon will be selling produce at Prairie Fruit Farm’s on farm market/breakfast (don’t miss it!) every other Saturday. We’re behind the Common Ground Food Coop on alternate weeks.
