i have the privilege of being part of a community farm.
so these days when I am not making pots i can be found digging in the dirt at the community farm. this isn’t a typical community garden where each person gets a plot to grow, this is an acre of land in a beautiful rural setting just outside nelson where 20 people are cooperating to grow food for themselves.
it is early in the season but the bounty has already begun. there is so much lettuce, spinach and radishes with snap and snow peas on their way. i thinned the beets this week and look forward to cooking up the little ones with butter and garlic maybe. it doesn’t get better than that.
in my garden at home i have a forest of arugula growing. with it i have been making arugula pesto. if you have never had it, i recommend giving it a try. i think i even prefer it to basil pesto. chop a couple of cups of fresh arugula throw it in a food processor with 1-2 cloves of garlic, 1/2 cup raw walnuts, 1/4 olive oil, juice of one lemon and salt and pepper. serve over pasta topped with parmesan or asiago. mmmmm…….
