It has been a busy weekend in Metchosin, with the warm weather haying has finally gotten in full swing. Stillmeadow Farm and Parry Bay sheep farm have been putting in long days of cutting, raking, bailing, loading, trucking, and stacking hay bales from all over Metchosin.
At Wind Whipped Farm the dry weather has finally had us put our new and improved overhead irrigation system to use. Our pea plants are currently about head high and flowering and it looks like our first harvest of beets will be in the box this week. We have added the following beet recipes:
- Beetroot with Leek, Green Apple and Green Tea
- Raw Beet Salads
- Beet Tartare
- Wheat Berry and Roasted Beet Salad with Ginger Curry Vinaigrette
Other new recipes include a Confit of Radishes with their tops and a Thai Chickpea Curry using Thai-Basil.
We also picked up a few more bags of Metchosin wheat products from the Stillmeadow and Parry Bay Sheep Farm Farmstore and will have them at the pickups this week. In case you aren’t familiar with it, the Farmstore is open every Sunday, 11am to 1 pm at 4198 Stillmeadow Rd (off of Witty Beach rd) in Metchosin. They have a great selection of frozen lamb, pork and chicken as well as their wheat and flour, we recommend getting there early for bacon!
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