{"id":1043,"date":"2012-01-03T21:09:27","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T01:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2012-01-04T18:02:54","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T22:02:54","slug":"full-circle-mulching-strawberries-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/?p=1043","title":{"rendered":"Full Circle – Mulching Strawberries Again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Leaving the barn yard with straw to mulch the strawberries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When we come round to mulching strawberries for the CSA it really feels like we have come full circle in the farm year. We were discussing today whether it was the last job of the previous season or the first job of the new season. I guess that this year it is the first job of the new season since it is January 3rd. It’s hard to believe that three days ago we were planting garlic! The weather is so changeable. However, I am happy for the draft horses to have the snow to exercise in. \u00a0What a mess the winter has been so far with all the mud!<\/p>\n

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Driving to the field.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We hitched up two of our Suffolk Punch horses, Sassy and Gwen and loaded up the straw to take down to the field to mulch the strawberries with. We were waiting for the ground to freeze before we did this job, but we weren’t expecting to have so much snow over night. It was hard to see where the strawberry rows were! Caesar enjoyed coming along especially if he got to ride on the sleigh.<\/p>\n

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Caesar enjoying the ride.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mulching the Strawberries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On another note we have been picking fresh kale from the garden, it just gets sweeter with the frost and tastes so good as a green vegetable. Kale chips are good too. \u00a0The following recipe was given to me by two different CSA members and it is very tasty.<\/p>\n

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Kale Chips with Cashews<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

KALE CHIPS with Cashews<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blend together in food processor:<\/p>\n

1 \u00a0Red Pepper (I use frozen ones from the summer).<\/p>\n

1 \u00a0Cup Cashews<\/p>\n

2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice<\/p>\n

1 Tablespoon Tamari Sauce (you can use soy sauce)<\/p>\n

2 \u00a0Cloves Garlic (crushed first)<\/p>\n

1 \u00a0Tablespoon Nutritional Yeast (optional)<\/p>\n

1\/2 teaspoon Sea Salt<\/p>\n

6 \u00a0Cups of firmly packed Kale (tare bit size pieces of kale off \u00a0of the center stem and discard stem).<\/p>\n

Massage the above mixture onto the kale.<\/p>\n

Spread on a 2 cookie sheets and dry in a slow oven until crisp. You can even turn the oven off after it has warmed up and then turn it on again every hour just enough to warm up. You don’t want to cook the kale, just dehydrate it. I use my dehydrator, but not everyone has one.<\/p>\n

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When we come round to mulching strawberries for the CSA it really feels like we have come full circle in the farm year. We were discussing today whether it was the last job of the previous season or the first job of the new season. I guess that this year it is the first job […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[62,73],"tags":[63,56,58,93,85,59,81,70,65,66,67],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1043"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1050,"href":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions\/1050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}