- Winter squash Tetsukabuto –
- Leeks (very short greens due to goat and sheep pruning)
- Onions or shallots
- Walnuts
- Herb (cilantro or thyme)
- Radicchio “Sile Tardivo”
We had our first really long break from harvesting since April. The week prior to Christmas was packed with activity and then Covid entered our house on 12/24 so all plans for family gatherings were suspended. Juve and I miraculously did not get it but isolated to be safe. Everyone is well now and we are very fortunate that the cases were mild.
While on quarantine I worked in my ceramics studio as quickly as I could and here is what I produced:
Most of what you see here is for sale in the barn today. I am excited to make more work and will make you a special piece if you don’t see something that you want or want more of what you do see. Check out my new latte cups:
I am happy to make more as they are already gone. Note the saucer in the far cup is a better size and will be what I make in the future.
Weather events happened around 12/23 as well. We had lots of damage to our crops from a river running through our main winter planted greenhouse (and washing away some of our seedlings) to goats and sheep munching everything in the field that was not under cover. Now we are regrouping and looking at what can be salvaged and how to move forward.
We are planning for the future. We are cleaning greenhouses and starting to seed some very early crops for the greenhouse. We have scheduled our annual pruning party for Saturday 2/25/23. We start early (9:00) and finish by 4:00. Please mark your calendars. Last year it was a blast (maybe because it was our first event on the farm since Covid) but it was a stand out. Everyone learned something, a ton of work got done and in the end our orchard got a great makeover. More details to come as the time approaches.
The share this week is our last radicchio. We harvested it before the gophers could pull it under and have been forcing it in our storage room. We have some of our prize Kabocha – Tetsukabuto. Harvested in September and curing in our storage room since then. We made a delicious soup from it last night.
Tetsukabuto and Sile Tardivo
Here are some recipes as well as the one we made last night:
 | 13 Delicious Kabocha Squash Recipes To Make This SeasonCut any leftover squash into thin slices and make this stir fry for a quick and protein-rich weeknight dinner. Seasoned with a sweet and spicy sauce called gochujang (Korean hot pepper paste), it is not-your-typical-stir-fry but a bold and robust meal to serve with steamed rice.. You could use ground chicken or ground turkey.www.justonecookbook.com |
I used the radicchio in the salad, it was so delicious. Here are some recipes as it can be cooked as well. I found this nice article about it written some years ago by an Italian journalist with some great photos. I guess they do not have gophers in their fields as it would not stand here at our place. https://www.sicilianicreativiincucina.it/il-radicchio-rosso-tardivo-di-treviso-igp/?lang=en
Recipes I found: