I have a confession to make: I have a veggie crush this spring. I have found myself to be head-over-heels for spring garlic! I love alliums (the onion family: leeks, shallots, onions of all colors, garlic varieties etc…) of all kinds. The allium family is diverse and is unified by a similarity in seed production strategies and structures, as well as their unique sulfur-containing compounds. Alliums make beautiful flowers in spring bulb flower bed plantings, and chives add jus

Greens – Looks like the 2015 growing season has officially taken off! It is exciting to have so many lovely greens already in our fridge from our Omache Farm CSA share. Last week we got lettuce, spinach, arugula and kale, not to mention two different stir-fry greens(!) – they were all beautiful and have been especially great for revitalizing salads of all kinds! I have also fallen head over heels for spring garlic this year. Fall-planted last year, they look and use a lot lik

“Our goal is to have enough fresh food for everyone, and as little waste as possible” – Ian Wright from Backyard Harvest With the wonderful and much-needed rainshowers on Wednesday, they aren’t usually promising of market day success, but things cleared up for a partly sunny afternoon. It was a lovely walk down to the season’s first Pullman Farmer’s Market with vendors and customers enjoying the lovely spring flowers and plants, veggies, bread, lotions and plenty of other goo