Star Field Farm

A place to cultivate imagination

I think this is akin to nesting during pregnancy. The more worried I get about the future, the more I turn to cooking & putting by. This weekend’s work included 10 quarts of tomato sauce, 6 pounds of peach slices frozen (for jam), another load of cherry tomatoes & eggplant slices in the dehydrator, and 7 half-pints of peach butter. It’s not that I’m anticipating the zombie apocalypse or the collapse of civilization, but having our own food preserved feels like a promise to my future self. And the hope of feeding friends & family soon. #StarFieldFarm

Post author By ljcblue
Post date August 30, 2020

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Boil ’em Mash ’em Stick them in a stew. . . Our first potatoes! This was one hill’s worth. The rest will wait a little longer – until the weather is a bit cooler and we can cure them for storage. #StarFieldFarm

Post author By ljcblue
Post date August 30, 2020

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Harvest Preserving Summer

Sunshine in a jar. #tomatosauce #StarFieldFarm

Post author By ljcblue
Post date August 30, 2020

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Harvest Preserving Summer

First time doing #tomato #sauce at #StarFieldFarm Thank you, @newtoncommunityfarm ! Sauce will be coming your way soon!

Post author By ljcblue
Post date August 29, 2020

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Sunshine in a jar. Dehydrated cherry tomatoes. #StarFieldFarm

Post author By ljcblue
Post date August 23, 2020

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Life is a bowl of cherry tomatoes. #StarFieldFarm

Post author By ljcblue
Post date August 18, 2020

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Harvest Preserving Summer

My first experiment in fermenting peaches to make a “country wine”. After a 5 day ferment, it tastes like a very lightly alcoholic peach spritzer. Sweet & refreshing. #StarFieldFarm

Post author By ljcblue
Post date August 16, 2020

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Today’s harvest. It’s now a race against time: who will get to the peaches first, Lisa or the critters? I’ve already picked them more firm than I like, but I wont be back at the farm for 4 days. The curse of abundance! #StarFieldFarm

Post author By ljcblue
Post date August 12, 2020

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Well hello, beautiful. #peaches #StarFieldFarm

Post author By ljcblue
Post date August 11, 2020

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Harvest Preserving Summer

Just tasted all 3 of my ferments in process and WOW. They are all really good! The green peppers w/dried jalapenos have a cool pepper taste with a fiery bite afterwards. They’ll probably be ready to stash in the fridge tomorrow. The english cucumber spears are a garlicky half sour now. I’m going to give them 2 more days. The smokey brussels sprouts have good flavor, but need at least another week. And yes, that’s the wood stove in the kitchen as my auxiliary counter. #StarFieldFarm #hyperlocal #localfood

Post author By ljcblue
Post date August 11, 2020

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