{"id":1664,"date":"2013-07-25T15:18:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T19:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2013-07-25T15:18:29","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T19:18:29","slug":"cold-cucumber-soup-garlic-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/?p=1664","title":{"rendered":"Cold Cucumber Soup & Garlic Harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cold Cucumber Soup<\/strong> from CSA member Colleen Burns<\/div>\n
A great summer soup. MAKES 8 SERVINGS<\/div>\n
3 Tbsp\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 butter<\/div>\n
1 cup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 chopped onion<\/div>\n
4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 large garlic cloves, minced<\/div>\n
3 cups\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 chicken broth or vegetable broth<\/div>\n
4 cups\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 seeded, diced, unpeeled cucumber (2 medium)<\/div>\n
1 cup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 chopped swiss chard or spinach<\/div>\n
1 cup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sliced, peeled potatoes<\/div>\n
1 Tbsp\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fresh lemon juice<\/div>\n
1\/2 tsp\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 salt or more to taste<\/div>\n
1\/4 tsp\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 freshly ground pepper<\/div>\n
tsp each\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 basil & dill (optional)<\/div>\n
1 cup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 table cream<\/div>\n
Heat the butter in large saucepan & saute onions & garlic until soft. (don\u2019t let brown). Add broth, cucumber, swiss chard or spinach, potato, lemon juice, salt & pepper. Simmer, covered times 10 minutes till potato is soft.<\/div>\n
Either put batches of the mixture thru the blender or food processor to puree. Transfer mixture to a bowl. Add more spices if desired. Let cool. Add cream and serve in chilled bowls.<\/div>\n
Enjoy!<\/div>\n
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EFO Field Day at Orchard Hill Farm
Horse Drawn Cultivator in Action<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Raking Wheat Straw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every week continues to be filled up with events here at Orchard Hill Farm. On Wednesday, July 17th we had a Ecological Farmers of Ontario Field Day to demonstrate how Draft Horses can be successfully used for a small vegetable operation. It was an interesting day for participants despite the intense heat! Bill raked the wheat straw at the same time and we were able to get it into the barn the next day without any rain on it! The apprentices enjoyed throwing around straw after the heavier hay of the week before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On Monday, we harvested our 2013 garlic crop using our Suffolk Punch horses to plough out the garlic with the riding plough. It worked like a charm and we had all nine – 375 foot rows ploughed out, tied together in bundles and hung up in the barn to dry in three hours. That is a record! Using the riding plough was a great improvement. Here are some pictures of the event!<\/div>\n
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Ploughing out Garlic with Suffolk Punch Horses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Bill<\/a>
Bill Lifting Garlic Weights<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\"Stephanie<\/a>
Stephanie Tying Garlic Bundles<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\"Sam<\/a>
Sam Harvesting Garlic<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\"Garlic<\/a>
Garlic Harvesters, Stephanie, Sam, Bill Jean Francois, Ken<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Cold Cucumber Soup from CSA member Colleen Burns A great summer soup. MAKES 8 SERVINGS 3 Tbsp\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 butter 1 cup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 chopped onion 4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 large garlic cloves, minced 3 cups\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 chicken broth or vegetable broth 4 cups\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 seeded, diced, unpeeled cucumber (2 medium) 1 cup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 chopped swiss chard or spinach 1 cup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sliced, peeled potatoes 1 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[100,97,56,58,81,70,65,69,79],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664"}],"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=1664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1665,"href":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664\/revisions\/1665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}