DC Harvest

Locally grown and milled flour!

I get asked all the time if I know a place to get locally grown & milled flour.  Somehow, I’ve miss Moutoux Orchards all these years.  They are a local CSA/Direct farm that grows the standard fruits and vegetables, but also has grains.    Art D. and I took our first trip [...]

It was HOT today, but that didn’t seem to slow things down at the Takoma Park farmers market.  It was one of the biggest crowds I’ve seen all summer.   We (me and Art D.)  didn’t have a shopping list,  so there was nothing on the agenda to find today — other than fill the “nomming” [...]

I’ve been hearing lots about the problems with tomato blight, so I was really  hoping that there would still be fresh tomatoes at the farmers’ market today — and I was not disappointed.  I only had one recipe for the week that required tomatoes, but does that really matter?   I found all manner of tomatoes [...]

The exciting find today was Methley Plums!  These plums are about the size of a GIAHUGIC berry.  Only way I can think to describe the size.  They are way smaller than normal plums,  and you can just pop them right in your mouth.  They were an interesting addition to Art D.’s “nom’ing bowl” today.  Several [...]

The blueberries are in!  Actually there’s a berry bonanza these days. More gooseberries, strawberries, blueberries and other colorful summer fruits than you can shake a stick at!  Of course, why you would shake a stick at yummy fruit — I’ll never know.  Sunday we, me and the husband, hit the Bloomingdale Market again.
The summer stone [...]