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tamin a vitamin c vitamin e vitamin k thiamin riboflavin rutin niacin folic acid iron phosphorus potassium copper manganese and selenium the amino acid asparagine gets its name from asparagus the asparagus plant being rich in this compound particularly green asparagus is a good source of vitamin c 10 vitamin c helps the body produce and maintain collagen the major structural protein component of the body s connective tissues particularly green asparagus is a good source of vitamin c purple asparagus differs from its green and white counterparts having high sugar and low fibre levels purple asparagus was originally developed in italy and commercialised under the variety name violetto d albenga to learn everything there is to know about asparagus check out the michigan asparagus advisory board an amazing fact under ideal conditions an asparagus spear can grow 10 in a 24 hour period i swear you can watch them grow su recipe if you know me you know i like easy and simple this is my favorite way to prepare asparagus layer a row of asparagus on a cookie sheet with sides drizzle with olive oil sprinkle with lemon pepper and broil for just a few minutes yum we also eat it raw i don t know if i d suggest that with store bought but with home grown it s sweet tender and tasty 6 apr the color purple veggies that is posted by zoeyfarms in uncategorized tagged nutritional benefits of purple veggies purple basil purple carrots purple potatoes purple radish purple veggies comments off on the color purple veggies that is baby purple broccoli if you ve been around for a while you already know i like to plant purple veggies i love the color anyway and i find it unusual in the vegetable kingdom we plant purple broccoli radish beans cabbage carrots onions potatoes and even tomatoes purple basil pretty not as good as green in the past we have planted eggplant and purple basil but probably won t this year the eggplant still has a chance in the garden some people like it and it s a pretty plant with nice flowers but the purple basil although pretty just doesn t compare to the genovese basil everyone likes purple haze carrots in my research of purple veggies i found an interesting blog straight from the farm discussing the nutritional benefits of purple veggies they say what s so interesting about purple fruits and veggies is that they carry more anthocyanins and phenolics than any other color of produce these two antioxidants that are ultimately a result of a purple crop s phytochemical signature have been at the heart of much of the hype over berries particularly blueberries as cancer fighting agents evidence from recent laboratory tests suggests that anthocyanins in particular can noticabely slow the growth of colon cancer cells but it s not just berries any purple or blue ish produce has a powerful punch of these antioxidants which are also proven to help urinary tract health memory loss and the general effects of aging who could resist this beautiful salad with it s rainbow of colors and who could resist this salad it was almost too pretty to eat everything in this salad was grown at the farm we have sungold tomatoes watermelon radish orange and purple carrots lemon cucumber and yes there s lettuce in there somewhere you can see it poking through the other veggies the colors always amaze me this is nature painting in the garden and we have the pleasure to bring that to our shareholders nothing could be better for more info on veggie colors and the nutrients they bring click here for the color wheel of fruits and vegetables 27 mar 2010 shares available now posted by zoeyfarms in uncategorized tagged 2010 shares csa shares available subscribe to zoey farms blog 2 comments sorry i couldn t wait i know i said shares would be available on sunday so i jumped the gun by a day click here who is zf 2010 share season to download the pdf with all the info we are a micro farm so to speak shares are limited and available on a first come first serve basis in the event you send in your info and do not get a spot we contact you to discuss if you d like to be put on the waiting list and don t forget to subscribe to our blog it s easy and you automatically receive the latest news tips info and recipes from the farm it doesn t matter if you are a paying share holder or not we love to share info and everyone is invited see subscribe button top right 24 mar eat local support your farmers posted by zoeyfarms in uncategorized tagged brandywine tomato csa eat local localharvest org michael pollan support farms vote with your fork 1 comment beautiful brandywines lately the big buzz is about eating local so what does that mean exactly and why should you localharvest org says it best most produce in the us is picked 4 to 7 days before being placed on supermarket shelves and is shipped for an average of 1500 miles before being sold and this is when taking into account only us grown products those distances are substantially longer when we take into consideration produce imported from mexico asia canada south america and other places we can only afford to do this now because of the artificially low energy prices that we currently enjoy and by externalizing the environmental costs of such a wasteful food system we do this also to the detriment of small farmers by subsidizing large scale agribusiness oriented agriculture with government handouts and artificially cheap energy cheap oil will not last forever though world oil production has already peaked according to some estimates and while demand for energy continues to grow supply will soon start dwindling sending the price of energy through the roof we ll be forced then to reevaluate our food systems and place more emphasis on energy efficient agricultural methods like smaller scale organic agriculture and on local production wherever possible cheap energy and agricultural subsidies facilitate a type of agriculture that is destroying and polluting our soils and water weakening our communities and concentrating wealth and power into a few hands it is also threatening the security of our food systems as demonstrated by the continued e coli gmo contamination and other health scares that are often seen nowadays on the news these large scale agribusiness oriented food systems are bound to fail on the long term sunk by their own unsustainability but why wait until we re forced by circumstance to abandon our destructive patterns of consumption we can start now by buying locally grown food whenever possible by doing so you ll be helping preserve the environment and you ll be strengthening your community by investing your food dollar close to home only 18 cents of every dollar when buying at a large supermarket go to the grower 82 cents go to various unnecessary middlemen cut them out of the picture and buy your food directly from your local farmer wow i emphasized that last sentence i knew and you probably did too the general idea but i never knew the money figure we have tried in the past to sell to markets typically they will only give us half the cost of what they sell the veggies for and because we are not certified organic even though we grow like we are we only get prices for non organic veggies that s one of the reasons why we decided to become a csa and sell directly to the customer working the farm as a csa is a lot more work than packing everything up and selling it to a store or restaurant that s for sure but if we did that we d miss out on so much we love our shareholders and we meet the most interesting people we see how appreciative our shareholders are and how much they love the veggies we get to share gardening and recipes tips and they share with us and it s just more fun bottom line michael pollan says we have 3 chances a day to vote with our fork and by doing so we support our local farmers make new friends try new veggies and eat better more nutritious food vote today 21 mar garden tips posted by zoeyfarms in uncategorized tagged garden tips knee pads tomato cages 1 comment we just created a new page garden tips on this site we are asked tons of questions and wanted to share some of the things we do to make gardening easier check out the new page to learn or be reminded of some easy ideas we have found that work well in the garden first tip is about garden knee pads you know those little ones they sell for about 20 that might fit your knees if you squeeze them together your knees and don t move much we have a solution check it out on the garden tips page more to come we ve got lots of ideas plus if you have any tips please share we ll post your ideas too 16 mar shares available march 28 posted by zoeyfarms in uncategorized 5 comments on your mark get set go well almost shares will be available starting sunday march 28 we will send an email with our 2010 q a s to everyone on our yahoo email list we will also post the 2010 q a s here on the blog on that date as well we sell our shares first come first serve which means the first order forms that arrive with payment get shares until we are sold out we are keeping it small again this year so the shares are very limited we had mentioned working for a share and we are still playing around with the idea we need to discuss this further and talk to those interested who could resist this beautiful salad with it s rainbow of colors 5 mar egg facts posted by zoeyfarms in uncategorized tagged bloom do eggs need refrigeration egg facts unwashed eggs 9 comments this info comes from our new egg lady mary egg shells are porous because the chick needs to be able to breath as it develops a hen or hens will lay eggs for several days weeks until she has enough to sit on hatch to prevent the first egg chicks from rotting while she fills her nest with enough eggs to set the hen covers each egg as it is laid with a thin gelatinous film called the bloom the bloom covers the pours in the shell washing removes the bloom without it the egg is more susceptible to bacteria evaporation it helps preserve the egg until the hen is ready to set the nest remove the bloom and eggs start to rot so they need to be refrigerated this is why most eggs in europe are not refrigerated in the supermarkets because they are not washed commercial eggs even the organic ones are washed in a disinfecting solution usually bleach or teflex eggs that i plan to sell are refrigerated as soon as i bring them in the house when i pack them i dry brush the ones that need it with a clean paper towel most don t even get that treatment which is why you may occasionally find tiny feathers attached personally i have an old fashioned wire egg basket that i purchased at the dollar store my eggs sit on my kitchen table because i like to have room temp eggs for baking eggs that have muddy hen prints end up in my wire basket for personal use eggs that have poop on them i usually feed to the barn cats or my farm collie if you choose to wash the eggs yourself i would suggest you not do that until right before you plan to use them then you should wash them in running water that is warmer than the eggs that way the water is less likely to be drawn into the porous shell 13 feb disappearing bees posted by zoeyfarms in uncategorized tagged beekeepers bees colony collapse disorder we need bees 8 comments we need bees to pollinate our plants to produce our veggies we have been lucky the bees have always found us i love to hear them buzzing in the cucumbers and squash doing their job to help the cycle of growth but as you are probably already aware there is a problem with the bees colony collapse disorder is one of the things that s killing off the bees there s lots of theories but one thing is for certain there aren t as many bees and if we don t have bees we lose a majority of our food crops it s a scary thought so i figured let s get bees on the property i thought i d just make a few phone calls maybe an email or two and viola we d have bees ha well not so fast i spoke to a couple of beekeepers today and first of all they won t come out unless they can put 100 hives on the property i don t think we need or can support 100 hives plus the hives are getting sick and dying one beekeeper i spoke with said he may not even get honey this year the majority of his bees are dead and or sick he said he s done everything right and it s driving him nuts because he can t figure it out he s having problems with parasites again it s a scary thought ok so how about we buy our own hive and box we ve taken some classes read some books have friends who have done it why not us because we don t have the time we don t want to spread ourselves too thin as we need to focus on the garden and growing the veggies that s why i contacted these beekeepers in the first place they are the experts now where do we stand well there are some other ideas out there and i will continue to pursue them one of the beekeepers i spoke with today was very helpful and gave me some info i need to explore before i give up in the meantime i ll plant more flowers to bring the bees to us and thank each one when they are visiting the garden download this pdf on bee facts two simple to read nicely designed pages for more yet concise info 11 feb potatoes posted by zoeyfarms in uncategorized tagged blue potatoes growing potatoes jerusalem cricket potato potato bug potato flower 9 comments blue potatoes cut and waiting to be planted time to get ready for potatoes we are currently digging one bed deeper for the seed potatoes this year we will have one bed about 30 feet long 4 feet wide 1 foot or more deep of potatoes in this area we usually say to have them planted before st patrick s day it s just a good reminder so we are getting ready and they ll be planted in the new bed once you get your potatoes and you can also buy organic potatoes from the grocery store too as well as the nursery keep them warm and in light so they will grow eyes once they grow eyes cut the potatoes in pieces with about 3 eyes per piece let the cut harden over that takes a couple of days and then plant being careful not to knock the eyes off last year we planted 5 per square foot and although it worked i think this year we will plant only 4 per square foot as they grow gently pile on more compost or dirt to cover them don t worry they will grow through creating more roots for more potatoes you can grown them as deep or as high as you d like you can usually harvest in about 3 months with mel s mix they are so easy to dig up and easy to clean home grown tomatoes are the best i know you may be saying a potato is a potato but believe me they are best when you get them fresh from the ground there are tons of web sites with info on how to grow potatoes here are a few tipnut com how to garden com great garden info com potato flower pests we have had to watch out for the ever present gopher and the weird and ugly potato beetle i won t post a pic here they are ugly but check them 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