Photo Friday…Dinners All Around!

For photo Friday this week I thought I’d share one of those, “How do you do it all?” moments that me and some of my other farmer gal friends had this past week.  It is no secret that while running a house and a farm, life can get crazy, hectic, downright overwhelming to be honest.  So a few of us decided to try to ease the pain on one of the sticking points in life…dinner.

Dinner in our house during the summer months of harvest is tough when your family is out in the field until all hours of the night, sometimes even overnight.  We also feed our harvest crew every evening that they are working, so every casserole, every slow cook meal, it all adds up to a much easier and yummy-er time for all.  It takes a lot more than just a harvester and a truck to get our crop to market, sometimes…it takes dinner!

So we found a “chief” to be in charge (Kathy because she has done this before and her kitchen is beautiful!) and we all showed up to be the “Indians” for the afternoon.  

And for a few-ish hours we chopped, sliced, diced, browned, measured and labeled to our hearts (or more than or heart’s) content.  

We all walked away with a cooler filled with 5 delicious meals all ready to bake or slow cook. 

Carrying out such a huge pack of food was one thing, but catching up with friends, teaching our kids tricks of cooking, and just plain drinking a glass of wine together made the night well worth it!

Davor was particularly impressed by our efficiency…or maybe not by the look on his face!

 

So happy Friday! And I’m hoping to include some photos and recipes as I use up my home cooked meals, so stay tuned!!

Crop Farm Tour 

Here in Oregon, we grow over 250 different crops. So it’s no wonder that in our soil this year we have 10 different crops growing.  And while in the next three months they will all get harvested, currently everything is at all different stages. Some crops are just getting planted, some starting to flower, some are pollinating, and others are already ready to be harvested! 

So here is your photo tour of our farm and the 10 crops we are raising. 

First stop the grasses, both perennial and tall fescue are grown on our farm. 


Next, vegetables seeds. We are raising red cabbage seed…

Swiss chard seed…

And radish seed. 

Then finally, all the crops you can eat!!! Wheat…

Peas…

Hazelnuts…

Squash…

And Green beans…



So there you have it! And yes, to answer the question I most often get asked, we are really busy!  And most of the time, we are loving it!

FarmHer Heels

Oh you know just out checking irrigation today with my pretty “FarmHer” heels on. 


I wear a lot of different shoes in this crazy life, but this pair has to be one of my favorites! Happy Friday!