The Deri Air
A Blog and Farmcast About a Vegetable Farm and Then Some
Winter Squash
Posted by Deri Farm | Filed under Winter Squash
This year I have grown thirteen varieties of winter squash (excluding any pumpkins.) As I continue to give them out in the fall shares, I will update this page with the varieties that are available. Rather than list recipes for each one, I'm going to help you identify ...Braised and Glazed Turnips
Posted by Deri Farm | Filed under Recipes, Turnips
This is a tasty, simple and relatively quick recipe for turnips. I found the original recipe in The Victory Garden Cookbook by Marian Morash. 2 pounds of turnips 3 T of butter 1/2 C broth (beef or vegetable) salt & pepper Peel turnips. Unless you are using small turnips, you will want to cut the ...Sweet Slaw with Mango
Posted by Deri Farm | Filed under Cabbage, Recipes
This is a tasty recipe submitted by CSA shareholder, Susan. She says, "this is a recipe that I adjusted from Yotam Ottolenghi's cookbook Plenty. Not only does it taste great but is a nice burst of color at the dinner table. Super quick, too." The recipe uses several ingredients available ...Romanesco
Posted by Deri Farm | Filed under Crops, Romanesco
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This beautiful vegetable is a variation on cauliflower. It has an almost alien appearance with the fractal patterns in the florets. It is quite tasty roasted, steamed or eaten raw.
I posted a great recipe roasting ...
Roasted Romanesco with Fennel and Leeks
Posted by Deri Farm | Filed under Recipes, Romanesco
I adapted a recipe I found on epicurious that uses cauliflower: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Roasted-Cauliflower-with-Onions-and-Fennel-237336. I have replaced the cauliflower with romanesco. Ingredients: 1 head of romanesco, cut into 1 inch florets 1 bunch of baby leeks or you can use 2 onions, cut in to1 inch sections 2 fennel bulbs, cut lengthwise and ...Peas and Picking Them
Posted by Deri Farm | Filed under Crops, Peas
Peas are a great pick-your-own item. Kids love to walk down the rows picking and eating...now that I think about it, so do adults! I just wanted to post a quick note on how to determine if a pea is ready to be picked. There are two types of ...Beets & Beet Greens
Posted by Deri Farm | Filed under Beets, Crops
Beets and beet greens are quite popular here at Deri Farm. Beets are in the same plant family as Swiss Chard and are essentially the same as chard, except they have a root the swells up! Or you ...
Mustard Greens
Posted by Deri Farm | Filed under Crops, Garlic Scapes, Mustard Greens
Mustard greens can include many different varieties of mustard. A few specific examples are bok choi, arugula, kale, tatsoi, mizuna, etc. At Deri Farm, we grow a few different greens that don't really get their own name ...
Swiss Chard
Posted by Deri Farm | Filed under Chard (aka Swiss Chard), Crops
Swiss Chard (aka Chard or Silverbeet) is in the same family a beets. I recently learned that it is often called Swiss Chard to distinguis it from French spinach in catalogs back in the 1800s. ...
Garlic Scapes
Posted by Deri Farm | Filed under Crops, Garlic Scapes
Garlic scapes usually make an appearance for a couple of weeks in early July. This year, they have arrived a bit early with all the warm and dry weather. The scapes grow out the top of the garlic plant, ...