Monday, July 30, 2012
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Can You Spot the Chickens?
Our chicks are enjoying the grass!
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Compost Here!
Do you want to compost, but
don’t have the space, the garden needs, or energy? We can help! Kindred Ground
Farm is excited to announce we will happily take your compost materials weekly.
You can simply save them and bring them to the farm during pick ups on Mondays
or Thursdays from 4pm – 7pm .
If we do this together we
can reduce material in landfills and increase the nutrients in the soil of
Kindred Ground Farm. By helping to make our soil even more nutrient rich we
will likely see increased crop yields which means more food in weekly shares!
This is a great opportunity
for both Kindred Ground Farm and our shareholders. You can bring as much or as
little as you want. You can bring it weekly or once a month. We recommend
saving it in air tight containers outside until you bring it to the farm.
If you have any questions
please ask. We look forward to this new endeavor with you!
Things to compost are:
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Animal Manure (not pet waste)
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Cardboard Rolls
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Coffee Grounds and Filters
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Cotton Rags (clean)
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Dryer and Vacuum Cleaner Lint
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Fireplace Ashes (not from black walnut wood)
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Fruits and Vegetables
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Grass Clippings
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Hair and Fur
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Hay and Straw
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Houseplants
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Leaves
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Sawdust
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Shredded Newspaper
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Tea Bags
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Wood Chips
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Wool Rags (clean)
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Clean Yard Trimmings (no chemicals at all)
Things to NOT compost:
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Black walnut tree leaves or twigs
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Releases substances that might be harmful to plants
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Coal or charcoal ash
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Might contain substances harmful to plants
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Dairy products (e.g., butter, milk, sour cream, yogurt) and eggs
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Create odor problems and attract pests such as rodents and flies
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Diseased or insect-ridden plants
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Diseases or insects might survive and be transferred back to other
plants
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Fats, grease, lard, or oils
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Create odor problems and attract pests such as rodents and flies
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Meat or fish bones and scraps
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Create odor problems and attract pests such as rodents and flies
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Pet wastes (e.g., dog or cat feces, soiled cat litter)
o
Might contain parasites, bacteria, germs, pathogens, and viruses
harmful to humans
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Yard trimmings treated with chemical pesticides
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Might kill beneficial composting organisms
Compost dos and don'ts from the EPA.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Welcome to Our Chickens!
Our baby chickens have arrived! We are so excited! I
picked them up this afternoon and am so happy to have our very own Kindred
Ground Farm chickens!
We have nine chicks: three Americauna, three Guinea
Hens, and three Silkies. They are all babies so we have to monitor them
carefully. They will have plenty of play time and fresh air, but will sleep
inside our house in totes for a few weeks! Once they are a little bigger they
will be sleeping outside of course!
They start to lay eggs around 6 months of age, so it
will be awhile before we have egg producing chickens but in the meantime we
will play with them, hold them a lot, and let them discover the farm. They need
to be held and touched frequently so they are accustomed to human hands for
when we collect eggs. Our eggs will include colorful shades of blue and green!
I will be learning a lot as we raise our chickens. My
homepage might have to change to Backyard Chickens! If you have knowledge to
share, please do!
A big thank you to our shareholder and chicken
expert, Markette, for all her assistance and knowledge today! You are an
invaluable resource and are much appreciated! And thank you for weeding too!
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Zucchini Pickles!
Are you looking for a new idea for this weeks zucchini? Lisa has sent us a recipe for Spicy Zucchini Pickles that sounds both easy and extraordinarily delicious! She said her family started eating them in just 24 hours after putting them in the fridge! That is what we call Almost Instant Gratification!
To get the recipe please visit The Etsy Blog post by Kimberley Hasselbrink. Let us know if you make these and send us your photos too please!
Thank you Lisa for sharing! We are excited to test these!
Friday, July 20, 2012
Using Herbs
With so many delicious herbs in our shares we thought it might be a good time to share a link on stir frying with all of our shareholders! Stir frying is a quick, delicious, and often nutritious way to get a meal to the table!
This is a link to the basics of stir frying! Enjoy and let us know what you make!
This is a link to the basics of stir frying! Enjoy and let us know what you make!
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
For Love of the Field
You've heard of speed
dating, but have you heard of Weed Dating? Farmers get their fields weeded and
singles have the opportunity to meet new people in three minute summits.
Perhaps, not quite a summit, but a brief meeting while weeding. Quite literally
a way to weed out the field and weed out Mr. or Mrs. Wrong!
Several farms around the
nation have hosted Weed Dating events over the last couple of years. Much like
traditional speed dating (whoever thought “traditional” and “speed dating,”
would be in the same phrase?) females are assigned a specific spot and the
males rotate through meeting, greeting, and quickly conversing. Only instead of
chatting over beverages, couples chat while weeding the vegetable beds.
It is an interesting idea
and has a lot of potential in this day of rushing everywhere. What do you
think? Should Kindred Ground Farm move into the match making business in a few
years?
If you, like we did
initially, doubt the authenticity of Weed Dating, visit MSNBC to read more about it!
Monday, July 16, 2012
Monday Greeting from KGF
When you wake up to this, you know the day is going to be a good one! Wishing you a beautiful day and week!
See you soon for your pick up!
See you soon for your pick up!
Check Your In-Box
Your weekly Kindred Ground Farm Newsletter will be popping into your in-box shortly! Let us know what you think of this week's recipes, what you might plan to cook this week, if you "make the switch," and if you plan to buy eggs!
Friday, July 13, 2012
New Vegetables
Expect green beans in this coming weeks or next weeks share! They started budding this week! The rain should help them along!
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Farm Fresh Pasta Sauce
Do you want to change up your pasta? Is it always the same
thing? Red sauce and spaghetti, red sauce and penne, red sauce and spaghetti…
This week after you steam or boil your snap peas or snow
peas, place them in the blender with about ¼- ½ cup of the cooking water (depending on how
many peas you used) and puree until smooth. Add garlic scapes, chives, basil,
onions or any other veggies you like. Add 1 tablespoon margarine or olive oil
and puree again to desired consistency.
Pour over cooked pasta. Suddenly pasta has a whole new look
and taste! This is a great way to eat extra vegetables! You can do a mix of
half jarred or homemade red sauce and half green sauce over the pasta too if
you really want to pizzazz the colors on your plate!
Adding tomato to the green sauce mixture adds delicious
flavor, but the color tends to turn to shades of brown, which some people may
not like. It does taste great though!
Let us know if you make this fast, easy, and delicious green
sauce!
Monday, July 9, 2012
Check Your In-Box!
The Kindred Ground Farm weekly newsletter is hitting in-boxes momentarily! Check out News from the Farm for lots of updates, reader recipes (Yum!), and more!
See you soon!
See you soon!
Friday, July 6, 2012
Lettuce Ideas
Lettuce goes great with
salad. But we all know that already, right? But what about lettuce wraps? Using
lettuce instead of pita, taco shells, rolls, or bread brings a fresh, low carb
twist to any meal.
For great lettuce wrap ideas
visit How to Make Lettuce Wraps and let us know what you try. And more
importantly, take photos and send us the recipe you use please!
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Pop Quiz!
What’s green on the outside, red on the outside, has black
seeds, and tastes juicy, sweet, and just like summer?
Watermelon!
The watermelons are growing folks!
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Recipes Sought
Dear Shareholders,
Thank you for being a part of our 2012 Season! It is so
exciting to have met all our new shareholders these last two weeks and to
reconnect with returning shareholders! Your enthusiasm and excitement brings me
much joy!
I hope you are having fun with your vegetables and herbs!
Many of you have shared that some of these veggies and herbs are new to you and
your families! I know it can be overwhelming and daunting to leave with a bag
of never seen before green things! However, so many of you are telling me about
your delicious creations! You are being bold, creative, and making excellent,
healthy food!
Will you please take a few minutes and share your recipes
with us? We have recipe cards and pens at each pick up or you can email us at
kindredgroundfarm@gmail,com (with photos too if you have them!). We will use
the recipes in upcoming newsletters or post them here. (Hint, hint: we have a
yummy recipe from Meg in the next newsletter for Quiche using three ingredients
from the share!).
Thank you for being part of our community! See you soon!
Happy Independence Day! Have a wonderful day celebrating and be safe!
Fondly,
Tammy
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Lemon Balm Ice Cubes
For extra zeal and zest place one washed lemon balm in each
square of an ice cube tray, then fill with water. Freeze as normal. Serve these
pretty and tasty ice cubes in lemonade, ice tea, water, or any specialty drink
where a zip of lemony flavor would be delicious!
Enjoy!
Monday, July 2, 2012
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