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December Recipes

Here are a few recipes you can use with our vegetables… Southern greens Ingredients: 1 to 2 bunches of greens — collards, kale, mustard, turnip, etc. 1 chopped onion Splash vegetable oil Splash apple cider vinegar 1 or 2 hot chile peppers, seeded and minced, optional Bunch of cooked bacon or smoked pork seasoned saltContinue reading “December Recipes”

Fresh, local veggies for winter!

Hello All! Step outside early these mornings and what do we see? The work of Jack Frost! Cold weather is here, albeit intermittently, as evidenced by the frost covered cabbage shown here. This picture is from last Friday morning, the day after Thanksgiving. We hope y’all had a wonderful holiday. We gave thanks for allContinue reading “Fresh, local veggies for winter!”

Online store is open and farm updates…

Hello y’all! It’s been a minute since we’ve posted and we have a bunch of news! The online store for Ben’s Produce is now open for business! Check us out at http://www.vendio.com/stores/bensproduce . We have been planting lots of stuff on the farm but now more about our store. First of all, we wish y’allContinue reading “Online store is open and farm updates…”

Closing out Music on the Porch with Zedeco Music

Hi all! As you all know, tonight is the last Music on the Porch event of the season. My folks are in town visiting and will be dancing to good zydeco music I’m sure. Ben is still ironing out some kinks in the online produce store and once it’s all in order, we’ll post aContinue reading “Closing out Music on the Porch with Zedeco Music”

It’s not easy being green…Greens, greens and more greens! YUM

Hi all! It’s another beautiful Friday in October. We’re looking forward to the next two Music on the Porch Friday’s, but we are sad that it will be over so soon. It’s been an awesome season and we’re so thankful we talked to Guy way back in August and were provided this awesome opportunity toContinue reading “It’s not easy being green…Greens, greens and more greens! YUM”

Season of Change & 10/16 Produce List!

This photograph here is our lettuce patch on the farm. We’ve been busy and not slowing down! Strawberries are being transplanted for next spring and we are going strong with our fall & winter crops. Lots of greens, beets and carrots are sprouting and growing in time for winter harvest. BIG NEWS!!! We will launchContinue reading “Season of Change & 10/16 Produce List!”

Back from Massachusetts and the 10/09/09 Produce List

That’s a picture of the beach on the Cape. We’re back from beautiful Massachusetts and back in good ol’ North Carolina! The wedding was gorgeous. The whole weekend was a blast! We had good times with friends and family and ate lots of really good food (I had TWO lobsters!!!). We’re sorry to have missedContinue reading “Back from Massachusetts and the 10/09/09 Produce List”

The Produce List 9/25/09 and we’re going to a wedding next week (so, sadly, no stand)

Hi all! Today I went with Ben to Double-T farm to help him tie tomatoes and pick some of our produce for this afternoon. I’m currently working on a couple papers on farming, I thought it would be nice to actually get out on the farm for some inspiration. While I was there, I tookContinue reading “The Produce List 9/25/09 and we’re going to a wedding next week (so, sadly, no stand)”

Yummy Ideas

A couple of you shared some ideas and recipes for our produce. I figured I’d find those recipes online and share with everyone else. Thanks for the good ideas! Wondering what to do with your acorn squash? Here’s one recipe from Cooking Light (http://lowfatcooking.about.com/od/vegetablesandvegetarian/r/acornsquashring.htm): These acorn squash rings make a great side dish for yourContinue reading “Yummy Ideas”