Farm Photos 2012/13:
January:
Many freezes, from 22 degrees to 31 degrees over the last 3 weeks....
Fresh, alive, Corn Meal! Perfect for Corn Bread and Polenta!
Join the Wednesday faithful lining up for Barrie Cullinan's Amity Bakery goodies!
New Crop Broccoli, and also Cauliflower!
Four Varieties of CARROTS! Yellow, Orange, and two Reds! All Sweet and Delicious!
December:
A tiny sprinkle of rain as a weak cool front comes in 12.4.12....Left/west side of the Back Field.
(Crops from left to right: Mustards, Strawberries, Kales, Collards, Broccoli, Kales again,
Snow and Sugar Snap Peas, Potatoes, Carrots) It would be nice to get some rain....dry for over 2 months.
November:
West half of the Back Field 11.9.12 (This view is now a banner over our booth at the Mueller Farmers' Market. It will help you find our hyper-fresh produce amidst the hustle and good vibes of this special market (in the old hanger at the old airport.)
A beautiful hand selects beautiful, tasty Broccoli!
First of the Just-dug Fall Potatoes!!
Collards and Cherry Tomatoes;
Our own Satsuma Tangerines!
October:
"Pink Beauty" Radishes...
September:
The last rain brought on the Oxblood Lilies!
A recent rain brought out the best in the Datura...The fragrance in the evening was exceptional!
Above: Adolescent Arugula, for bunches. Tiny Baby Arugula also available.
Beds being readied for bok choi planting....Some flowers along the driveway brighten our spirits...
Andrea prepares to sort the Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes that she has just harvested.
August:
Tuesday's Supper: HausBar Heritage Chicken, The Marias' Native Greens,
and Larry's Smoke-dried Tomato Pesto!
July:
Lots of delicious Tasty Jade Cucumbers!! Perfect for salads, chilled soups, juicing...
Long Beans, Amaranth, Basil....The Long Beans have delicious flavor.Blanch a couple of minutes in simmering water, cool, cut into bite-size pieces and put on a Romanesco Squash Salad with Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes and Pure Luck Red Pepper Chevre! (See photo below.)
A little Olive Oil and Vinegar, a sprinkle of Sea Salt, and YUM! Such great flavors!
Planting a new crop of Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes June.2012
and snacking on the fruit of the current crop for energy and hydration!
Left: Sunburst Squash. Right Sweet Italian Peppers!
Both are good raw, together in a Salad!
Searing Dos Lunas Especial Jersey Cheese (Raw) plus Squash Blossoms....
Tasty Jade Cucumbers, Costata Romanesco Squash, Red Marconi Peppers,
French Sorrel, Pure Luck Feta Cheese, Oil/Vinegar....
Golden-eye Creamer Peas, grown and fresh-shelled by Larry at the Gause farm
"Crimson Sweet" Watermelon, from our Gause farm...
Arava, tropical melon, sweet and green inside!
After 2 months with no rain, we harvested the Aravas that were ready, leaving the rest on the vines. Later that evening, we finally had some small showers (2/10 "). Probably not enough to ruin the rest of the melons....
June:
At the farm stand now: In addition to Heirloom Tomatoes and Texas Tomatoes, we have FIGS!!
Little juicy sweet Figs! Eat on the way home,
or, slit them open, stuff them with Chevre, drizzle a bit of Balsamic Vinegar and warm them in a skillet! Wow.
For double Wow, sprinkle them with tiny bits of cracked Black Pepper too! Sugar not needed.
Left: Roma Tomatoes; Center: Lemon Boy; Right: Celebrity
Asian Long Beans....delicious flavor.
Blanch in boiling water for 2 minutes, cool, cut into bite sized pieces and add to salads, sautes, pastas, etc...
Heirloom Tomatoes at the Farm Stand...
Freshly harvested Prudens Purple Heirloom Tomatoes,
laid upon the newly emerging Sorgum cover crop...
Prudens Purple, the first HEIRLOOM Tomatoes!
Zinnia & Carrot blossom Bouquets on the farm stand tables now.
Andrea has worked at BCF since 1995. Here she harvests the grape tomatoes....
Sweet Corn: The third crop may be ready Wednesday June 6th....
May:
Purslane, Super Food (Vegetable Omega-3, multi-vitamins, antioxidants) Raw in salads or cooked...
April:
Above: Boiled Beets and Fava Beans, dressed in Olive Oil/Vinegar/Salt.
New Potatoes: White Kennebec and Red La Soda...
First round of Summer Squash now at the Farm Stand,
along with NEW Potatoes!
Really nice shanks on these Leeks! Eat the roots too.....Saturday Farm Stand....
Larkspurs are having their turn at the farm...
March:
Above: Lettuces...
Fava Beans and Snapdragons...
We-picked Strawberries, from our Gause, Milam County farm. The berries at our Austin farm are over.
Above: Strawberries
plus Snow Peas and Snap Peas!
We set up the carrots first on market day as they are such a morning wake-up!!
Above, Sunday lunch: Marias' Brassica Mix (Kale + Brussels greens) sauteed with Madro�o Ranch's Bison, over Rice cooked with chicken stock (Slow Food Farm Chicken)...
Strawberry Picker Marissa sorts berries for market.
Brussels Sprouts...Hit and Miss...we don't have them every market.
This Saturday: More big Strawberries from the Teaser Crop!
3 colors Carrots, plus Snow & Snap Peas, plus Snapdragon Bouquets!
February:
Wonderful Fennel now on the table....
First Snow Peas and Sugar Snap Peas...
Above: Veronica Romanesco Cauliflower...sweet, nutty flavor, raw or cooked.
Here, they are sauteed with bits of Loncito Cartwright's Pork.....
Above: Yellowstone Carrots ....
Strawberries, Fava Beans and 3 types of peas, on a foggy morning....
Cauliflower and Fennel...
Part of the Back Field, seen from the Farm House roof.
Personal Cabbages and Radishes...
January, 2012:
Dan Sondgeroth's Buttercup Squash, Butternut Squash + Sweet Potatoes!
Above: Cauliflower
Luscious Butter Head Lettuce (we have red too)
Romaine Lettuce
Greens Galore! Chicories, Chard, 3 Kales, Collards, Brussels Greens!
The Joy of Carrots, sweet, just from the Earth....now at the farm stand.
Mache, next to Carrots...
December, 2011:
Get your "first rate eating doings" Saturday, Dec 31st, and help us celebrate
Sam Houston (first President of the Republic of Texas) as he dined in our farm house at a supper celebrating the marriage of James Smith's son Alfred,
170 years ago on Saturday, Dec 24, 1841!
Alfred had supervised the building of the (now BCF) farm house
over the winter of 1840/1841.
(For details click on "History of the Farm" on the menu at left.)
Look for Virginia Wood's article in the Thursday, Dec 22 Austin Chronicle and online at
1930's porch replaced original 1840's wide porch that held many rocking chairs.
Landmark Medallion on Front Porch
Paint scraping, bottom left of house, commences. It's an annual ritual for the farmers.
Wooden houses require a lot of maintenance, especially 170 year-old houses!
Sunset and nightfall on the farm...
Recent rains depart with a beautiful farewell.
We await more frosty mornings!
W's Trace Restaurant's Forager, Valerie Broussard, shops BCF Wednesday market for fresh supplies.
www.traceaustin.com/
Michael Fried of East Side Pies, 1401 B Rosewood Ave, East Austin.
They have a gluten-free crust and use farm ingredients.... Visit them on FB.
January:
Many freezes, from 22 degrees to 31 degrees over the last 3 weeks....
Fresh, alive, Corn Meal! Perfect for Corn Bread and Polenta!
Join the Wednesday faithful lining up for Barrie Cullinan's Amity Bakery goodies!
New Crop Broccoli, and also Cauliflower!
Four Varieties of CARROTS! Yellow, Orange, and two Reds! All Sweet and Delicious!
December:
A tiny sprinkle of rain as a weak cool front comes in 12.4.12....Left/west side of the Back Field.
(Crops from left to right: Mustards, Strawberries, Kales, Collards, Broccoli, Kales again,
Snow and Sugar Snap Peas, Potatoes, Carrots) It would be nice to get some rain....dry for over 2 months.
November:
West half of the Back Field 11.9.12 (This view is now a banner over our booth at the Mueller Farmers' Market. It will help you find our hyper-fresh produce amidst the hustle and good vibes of this special market (in the old hanger at the old airport.)
A beautiful hand selects beautiful, tasty Broccoli!
First of the Just-dug Fall Potatoes!!
Collards and Cherry Tomatoes;
Our own Satsuma Tangerines!
October:
"Pink Beauty" Radishes...
September:
The last rain brought on the Oxblood Lilies!
A recent rain brought out the best in the Datura...The fragrance in the evening was exceptional!
Above: Adolescent Arugula, for bunches. Tiny Baby Arugula also available.
Beds being readied for bok choi planting....Some flowers along the driveway brighten our spirits...
Andrea prepares to sort the Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes that she has just harvested.
August:
Tuesday's Supper: HausBar Heritage Chicken, The Marias' Native Greens,
and Larry's Smoke-dried Tomato Pesto!
July:
Lots of delicious Tasty Jade Cucumbers!! Perfect for salads, chilled soups, juicing...
Long Beans, Amaranth, Basil....The Long Beans have delicious flavor.Blanch a couple of minutes in simmering water, cool, cut into bite-size pieces and put on a Romanesco Squash Salad with Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes and Pure Luck Red Pepper Chevre! (See photo below.)
A little Olive Oil and Vinegar, a sprinkle of Sea Salt, and YUM! Such great flavors!
Planting a new crop of Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes June.2012
and snacking on the fruit of the current crop for energy and hydration!
Left: Sunburst Squash. Right Sweet Italian Peppers!
Both are good raw, together in a Salad!
Searing Dos Lunas Especial Jersey Cheese (Raw) plus Squash Blossoms....
Tasty Jade Cucumbers, Costata Romanesco Squash, Red Marconi Peppers,
French Sorrel, Pure Luck Feta Cheese, Oil/Vinegar....
Golden-eye Creamer Peas, grown and fresh-shelled by Larry at the Gause farm
"Crimson Sweet" Watermelon, from our Gause farm...
Arava, tropical melon, sweet and green inside!
After 2 months with no rain, we harvested the Aravas that were ready, leaving the rest on the vines. Later that evening, we finally had some small showers (2/10 "). Probably not enough to ruin the rest of the melons....
June:
At the farm stand now: In addition to Heirloom Tomatoes and Texas Tomatoes, we have FIGS!!
Little juicy sweet Figs! Eat on the way home,
or, slit them open, stuff them with Chevre, drizzle a bit of Balsamic Vinegar and warm them in a skillet! Wow.
For double Wow, sprinkle them with tiny bits of cracked Black Pepper too! Sugar not needed.
Left: Roma Tomatoes; Center: Lemon Boy; Right: Celebrity
Asian Long Beans....delicious flavor.
Blanch in boiling water for 2 minutes, cool, cut into bite sized pieces and add to salads, sautes, pastas, etc...
It's a Potato year!
Zinnias and Juliet salad tomatoes....Heirloom Tomatoes at the Farm Stand...
Freshly harvested Prudens Purple Heirloom Tomatoes,
laid upon the newly emerging Sorgum cover crop...
Prudens Purple, the first HEIRLOOM Tomatoes!
Zinnia & Carrot blossom Bouquets on the farm stand tables now.
Andrea has worked at BCF since 1995. Here she harvests the grape tomatoes....
Sweet Corn: The third crop may be ready Wednesday June 6th....
May:
Purslane, Super Food (Vegetable Omega-3, multi-vitamins, antioxidants) Raw in salads or cooked...
April:
Above: Boiled Beets and Fava Beans, dressed in Olive Oil/Vinegar/Salt.
New Potatoes: White Kennebec and Red La Soda...
First round of Summer Squash now at the Farm Stand,
along with NEW Potatoes!
Really nice shanks on these Leeks! Eat the roots too.....Saturday Farm Stand....
March:
Above: Lettuces...
Fava Beans and Snapdragons...
We-picked Strawberries, from our Gause, Milam County farm. The berries at our Austin farm are over.
Above: Strawberries
plus Snow Peas and Snap Peas!
We set up the carrots first on market day as they are such a morning wake-up!!
Above, Sunday lunch: Marias' Brassica Mix (Kale + Brussels greens) sauteed with Madro�o Ranch's Bison, over Rice cooked with chicken stock (Slow Food Farm Chicken)...
Strawberry Picker Marissa sorts berries for market.
Brussels Sprouts...Hit and Miss...we don't have them every market.
This Saturday: More big Strawberries from the Teaser Crop!
3 colors Carrots, plus Snow & Snap Peas, plus Snapdragon Bouquets!
February:
Wonderful Fennel now on the table....
First Snow Peas and Sugar Snap Peas...
Above: Veronica Romanesco Cauliflower...sweet, nutty flavor, raw or cooked.
Here, they are sauteed with bits of Loncito Cartwright's Pork.....
Kales galore and Romaine Lettuces...
Above: Yellowstone Carrots ....
Strawberries, Fava Beans and 3 types of peas, on a foggy morning....
Cauliflower and Fennel...
Part of the Back Field, seen from the Farm House roof.
Personal Cabbages and Radishes...
January, 2012:
Dan Sondgeroth's Buttercup Squash, Butternut Squash + Sweet Potatoes!
Above: Cauliflower
Luscious Butter Head Lettuce (we have red too)
Romaine Lettuce
Greens Galore! Chicories, Chard, 3 Kales, Collards, Brussels Greens!
Above: Roasted cut-up Buttercup Squash, dressed in nothing but olive oil. 350 degrees,
until the flesh is tender (about 45 minutes)...add a dot of butter (if desired) and serve with sauteed bok choi, toasted squash seeds, rice, and garden salad.
The Buttercup Squash is sweet and needs neither sugar nor salt.
until the flesh is tender (about 45 minutes)...add a dot of butter (if desired) and serve with sauteed bok choi, toasted squash seeds, rice, and garden salad.
The Buttercup Squash is sweet and needs neither sugar nor salt.
The Joy of Carrots, sweet, just from the Earth....now at the farm stand.
Mache, next to Carrots...
December, 2011:
Get your "first rate eating doings" Saturday, Dec 31st, and help us celebrate
Sam Houston (first President of the Republic of Texas) as he dined in our farm house at a supper celebrating the marriage of James Smith's son Alfred,
170 years ago on Saturday, Dec 24, 1841!
Alfred had supervised the building of the (now BCF) farm house
over the winter of 1840/1841.
(For details click on "History of the Farm" on the menu at left.)
Look for Virginia Wood's article in the Thursday, Dec 22 Austin Chronicle and online at
1930's porch replaced original 1840's wide porch that held many rocking chairs.
Landmark Medallion on Front Porch
Paint scraping, bottom left of house, commences. It's an annual ritual for the farmers.
Wooden houses require a lot of maintenance, especially 170 year-old houses!
Sunset and nightfall on the farm...
Recent rains depart with a beautiful farewell.
We await more frosty mornings!
W's Trace Restaurant's Forager, Valerie Broussard, shops BCF Wednesday market for fresh supplies.
www.traceaustin.com/
Michael Fried of East Side Pies, 1401 B Rosewood Ave, East Austin.
They have a gluten-free crust and use farm ingredients.... Visit them on FB.