Now that we're past the solstice, we're turnin' up the heat at the BADSEED Market! All of us urban growers are gearing up for the Urban Farms Tour this Sunday. We are braving the heat this week, weeding and edging our beds, and trying to get things prettied up for the crowds. You've gotten to know us at market; now come visit our farms, including Root Deep, Herb'n Gardener, and BADSEED. Steve Mann will also be on the tour with Creekhouse Organic Community Garden.
Friday Night brings a special Urban Farms Tour edition of the BADSEED Market from 4:30 - 9 PM. We'll have Food Not Lawns at the market, sowing seeds in your minds about the abundance of food that could come from your own lawn as well as a series of Urban Homesteading Food Preservation demos!!! Schedule is as follows:
6:00 PM - Blanching & Freezing Greens (with the lovely, local foodie, Emily Akins)
6:20 PM - Pickling (water bath canning with Farmer Brooke)
6:45 PM - Fermentation #1: Kombucha "Mushroom" Tea (brew your own medicine with Farmer Brooke)
7:10 - Fermentation #2: Red Wine Vinegar (make your own with Farmer Brooke)
And of course, the Market will be stocked with wondrous fresh food from our varied urban farms . Come gather the growing bounty that we find in our fields!!
BADSEED Farm
1201 W Bannister Rd.
We've put on our workout clothes, and we're sweatin' it out on our steamy plot. What a whacky season! We love seeing everyone at market, but we'd really love to have you see our farm up close and personal. Come meet the goats and the chicks, and see what a big suburban backyard can grow.
This week at market we'll have more of our famous Stir-Fry Mix to be eaten raw or sauteed with your favorite dish. Root vegetables abound with giant radishes, tender turnips, snappy carrots, and buxom beets. Massive Rainbow Chard Bunches with electric color. Large leaves of Russian, Bore and Dino Kale. (Just a few, and just in time) Summer Squash!! From Brooke's new herbal tea garden, we will have Fresh Tea Bouquets with calendula, chamomile, lemon and bee balm, mint, catnip, and lime basil. Also, we have an assortment of culinary herbs, including BASIL, thyme, oregano, and tarragon. This will likely be one of the final weeks for edible flowers; take advantage of them while they are available!!
Herb'n Gardener Lew Edminster
"so it looks like this years veggie production is going to be dictated by the extremes of drowning and schorching. i know i'll have bothfrench filet and provider beans this week, along with some sort of salad greens ( probably arugula). zinnias love heat and i'll have another bigger batch of them for market along with some cosmos. thyme, tarragon and basil will finish my offering for market"
Root Deep Urban Farm
Sherri grows a wide range of vegetables that everyone can love. Herbs, greens, and (of course) tomatoes abound on Sherri's farm. We understand that she already has a few cherry tomatoes.
Platte Prairie Farm
Its a safe bet that Steve will have some mulberries this week, as he has for the past two weeks. What a delicious treat! Steve has a good assortment of the season's produce.
Also, come down and enjoy the freshly roasted and brewed coffees from Pudd'n Head Coffee. You can take a cup to go along with some sweets and breads from Bread of LIfe. EGGS and CHEESE, including FETA made from the finest goat's milk in the state.
Come see us, and learn some new urban homesteading skills this Friday Night at the BADSEED Farmers' Market!!
Sincerely,
Farmer Dan
BADSEED
1909 McGee
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