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Kale Chips
1 bunch kale
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F.
Line a non-insulated baking pan or cookie sheet with wax paper.
Cut kale from stem and tear into bite-sized pieces. Rinse under cold running water and dry thoroughly with a clean towel. Toss dry kale with oil. Add salt and garlic powder. Place in one layer on prepared baking sheet. Bake about 10 minutes until the leaves are crispy and the edges brown.

Today is Farm Store day! While we would like it to be all week long, for now we are open on Tuesday from 2 p.m. until 6:30 p.m., and when people give us a call. Since we do not keep it fully stocked all week, the variety is smaller.

If you look at the Farm Store page, you will see that we have added prices. We did that because yet again someone who does not come to our Farm Store took us to task for selling food that is priced too high. After being really annoyed, we priced veggies again at the local grocery stores only to find that our produce is less expensive than much of their "conventionally" grown food. 

Our produce is competitively priced. It is fresh, local, and certified organic. You can visit your vegetables, see how they are treated, and know why they taste wonderful.

Hope to see you this afternoon.

Sunrise:7:54 AM

Sunset:4:22 PM

Today we will have 8 hours and 28 minutes of daylight on this shortest day of the year. The other days around today are also short so there is very little difference in when the sun rises and the sun sets. Yet, starting at (about) 9:30 p.m. tonight and continuing for the next six months, each day will have a few minutes more daylight. Each day that daylight will be stronger, not the weak light of mid-winter.

In all the current fumbling around to be inclusive about the Holiday Season, few people mention the solstice. As a farmer, I want to say to all,

Happy Solstice! 

COME TO OUR FARM STORE

There may be no more farmers' markets until Spring, but come to our farm store for fresh local vegetables. We also have additional goodies plus Dungeness Valley Creamery Milk, Personal Roast Coffee, and gold medal winning Oil of Paicines Extra Virgin cold press olive oil.

GIFT CERTIFICATES

We are offering gift certificates that can be used in our Farm Store or towards the purchase of a CSA Share. Click and you will be whisked to the coupon form.

WINTER SALE 

Gold medal winning Oil of Paicines Extra Virgin cold press olive oil is now $12 for a 250 ML bottle. Test it out with the 50 ML bottle for $2.49.

NAKED WREATHS

Made from boughs gathered in our forest, we have undecorated wreaths for $10.99. Decorate them as you want them to look, or display them naked in all their natural beauty.

Payment Plan for Year Round Share

Through PayPal we are able to offer an online payment plan of four equal payments for our Year Round share. This share starts when you buy it and ends 1 year later after 35 share pick up weeks. Go to Claim Your Share, click to buy and check out the prices. You can always remove the items from our shopping cart and back out if you only want to take a peek.

The last Poulsbo Farmers Market of the year is on Saturday. We will be there with our full CSA shares, and wonderful produce and meat on our cart. We have wreaths, too. If you like to decorate your own wreath, ours are for you. They are fresh cut from our forest, which is also certified organic. These wreaths are healthy to handle and have in your home. They come in cedar and Douglas fir. The last delicata squash found its eater, so we are out until next year. We plan to plant more this coming year, since they have been very popular.

In your CSA bag you will find:

It is COLD but we have wonderful food in the Farm Store. The lamb is almost sold out, so if you want to enjoy good local farm grown lamb, you better claim yours now. We are low on many cuts of beef, so don't hesitate. 

Today's vegetable offerings look beautiful and taste better.

We have 

• Baby Purple Choi
  
• Carrots — mixed dragon and yaya
  
• ale — mixed lacinato and red Russian
  
• Kelly’s Leeks
• Parsley
• Pie Pumpkins
• Potatoes — banana fingerlings
  
• Squash
  Delicata
  Anna Swartz
• Yellow Onions Bulb, from Central Washington
  

Kelly gave me a list that anyone would be proud of. Our garden continues to produce great food. Plus we can dip into our Root Cellar for squash, garlic, potatoes (which we are also still harvesting), and onions (only at the Farm Store because they are from Tonnimakers in Central Washington). 

• Beets
• Carrots – dragon and yaya
• Choi – Baby purple choi
• Collards
• Garlic – Kettle River
• Kale – Lacinato and Red Russian
• Mixed Greens
• Parsley
• Parsnips, bunched and loose baby parsnips for soups -- you can use greens and all!
• Potatoes – Yukon Gold and Banana Fingerlings
• Pumpkins – Pie
• Rutabaga -- last for the season
• Squash
  Anna Swartz
  Guatemalan Blue Banana
  Delicata
  Gourds
  Spaghetti

Plus Cliff is here. We have more beautiful produce for our Farm Store folks today:

• Baby Choi
• Beets
• Brassica leaves — use as you would kale leaves
  
• Carrots
• Collards
• Garlic
• Kale — mixed lacinato and red Russian
• Pie Pumpkins — don't forget your Christmas feast pies
  
• Potatoes — banana fingerlings
• Rutabagas
• Squash
  Delicata
  Anna Swartz
  Guatemalan Blue Banana
  
• Yellow Onions from Central Washington (all)

This week our CSA members will find the following in their bags:

• Baby Choi (all
• Beets (Large)
• Carrots — mixed dragon and yaya (all)
• Collards (all)
• Garlic
• Kale — mixed lacinato and red Russian (all)
• Potatoes — banana fingerlings (all)
• Rutabaga (Large)
• Squash (all)
  Delicata
  Anna Swartz

• Yellow Onions from Central Washington (all)

On our cart we will have somewhat different fare:

•  Beets
• Carrots – dragon and yaya
• Choi – Baby purple choi
• Collards
• Garlic – Kettle River
• Kale – Lacinato and Red Russian
• Mixed Greens
• Parsley
• Potatoes – Yukon Gold and Banana Fingerlings
• Pumpkins – Pie
• Rutabaga
• Squash
  Anna Swartz
  Guatemalan Blue Banana
  Delicata
  Gourds
  Spaghetti

Since many people are not yet eating wholely local, I suspect that you will be able to find a ripe avocado to add to this recipe:

Raw Kale Salad with Avocado

Bunch of kale

2 Tbsp lemon or lime juice

1/2 Cup Avocado

3 Tbsp Olive oil

1/16 tsp (pinch) of salt

Fresh minced thyme (to taste)

Mash the avocado. Add the juice, olive oil, salt, and thyme. Mix well.

Wash the kale and cut the stems out. Cut in smaller pieces and pour the sauce on the leaves. Mix and serve.

Our kale is delicious raw or cooked.

♥ 

If you are not ready to commit to a CSA, you still can save on our produce by buying Veggie Bucks.