Comments on: Hello from Adamah! http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/ Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:35:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Sabrina Malach http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1482 Sabrina Malach Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:37:55 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1482 Hey Anna! Great to hear that you are getting into wild edibles. My family used to have a sticker on our car that said "What is a weed? A plant whose virtue is not yet known." I love weeds! I have been harvesting dandelion greens, wild onions and nettles all spring. I guess one person's weed is another person's gold. Loving weeds and being a farmer is sometimes a challenge because it becomes painful to harvest the weeds that are taking up the domesticated plants space. I am struggling a bit now about whether I should weed the lamb's quarters popping up between my Caledula seedlings in my community garden plot... What to do? A little secret: There is a great patch of nettles behind the parking lot by the goats. You can use them for a mineral rich tea, wild spinach or to wash your hair! Harvest them this week because they lose some of their sweetness as they grow. Enjoy every moment of Adamah! LOVE TO ALL Hey Anna! Great to hear that you are getting into wild edibles. My family used to have a sticker on our car that said “What is a weed? A plant whose virtue is not yet known.” I love weeds! I have been harvesting dandelion greens, wild onions and nettles all spring. I guess one person’s weed is another person’s gold.

Loving weeds and being a farmer is sometimes a challenge because it becomes painful to harvest the weeds that are taking up the domesticated plants space. I am struggling a bit now about whether I should weed the lamb’s quarters popping up between my Caledula seedlings in my community garden plot… What to do?

A little secret: There is a great patch of nettles behind the parking lot by the goats. You can use them for a mineral rich tea, wild spinach or to wash your hair! Harvest them this week because they lose some of their sweetness as they grow.

Enjoy every moment of Adamah!

LOVE TO ALL

]]> By: Edith Stevenson http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1476 Edith Stevenson Thu, 31 May 2007 17:35:38 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1476 greetings from the teeny tiny garden of North Vancouver BC, where I just weeded my 4 little 10' x 3' plots - feeling thankful that beet sprouts have red stems (we're talking 1/2" tall dicotyledons) so as to tell the difference between them and the real weeds! Appreciated Mom Phyllis' reminder about sunscreen (echoed from the Canadian Mom), and ticks; and gloves actually make pulling weeds easier - believe me daughter, I have lots of experience in that area! Beans and snap peas are 6" high, and the yuppy trendy mix of baby lettuces is starting to actually look like lettuce. Found a wonderful photo of you and your brother at about age 5 and 7, planting our first garden - so it is definitely in your blood - continue to have fun in the good earth....... and so will I! greetings from the teeny tiny garden of North Vancouver BC, where I just weeded my 4 little 10′ x 3′ plots - feeling thankful that beet sprouts have red stems (we’re talking 1/2″ tall dicotyledons) so as to tell the difference between them and the real weeds! Appreciated Mom Phyllis’ reminder about sunscreen (echoed from the Canadian Mom), and ticks; and gloves actually make pulling weeds easier - believe me daughter, I have lots of experience in that area! Beans and snap peas are 6″ high, and the yuppy trendy mix of baby lettuces is starting to actually look like lettuce. Found a wonderful photo of you and your brother at about age 5 and 7, planting our first garden - so it is definitely in your blood - continue to have fun in the good earth……. and so will I!

]]> By: Anna http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1472 Anna Thu, 31 May 2007 12:41:03 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1472 Thanks for the good thoughts! Here's more info on Lambs Quarters (with photo!) if you're interested: http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/surprising-lambs-quarters/ More soon! A. Thanks for the good thoughts! Here’s more info on Lambs Quarters (with photo!) if you’re interested: http://www.veggiegardeningtips.....-quarters/
More soon!
A.

]]> By: Eric Schulmiller http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1466 Eric Schulmiller Wed, 30 May 2007 22:59:28 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1466 What an inspiring (and delicious) post. Looking forward to enjoying more vicarious visits to the Adamah program! What an inspiring (and delicious) post. Looking forward to enjoying more vicarious visits to the Adamah program!

]]> By: Rachel http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1463 Rachel Wed, 30 May 2007 14:56:25 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1463 Thank you for this report; I look forward to reading more as the summer progresses! I won't be at Isabella Freedman again until August, by which time the whole scene will be different... Recently we've been picking leaves off of garlic mustard, which is a weed here in western Massachusetts (I'm sure it grows in northern Connecticut, too) -- a botanist friend tells me it's invasive, not native to the area. It's one of the first things to go green at the start of spring, and its leaves are bitter and delicious, especially lightly wilted and tossed with mushrooms and pasta. Now that it's flowering, the leaves are more bitter and slightly less tasty, but I hear they still make a good pesto. Thank you for this report; I look forward to reading more as the summer progresses! I won’t be at Isabella Freedman again until August, by which time the whole scene will be different…

Recently we’ve been picking leaves off of garlic mustard, which is a weed here in western Massachusetts (I’m sure it grows in northern Connecticut, too) — a botanist friend tells me it’s invasive, not native to the area. It’s one of the first things to go green at the start of spring, and its leaves are bitter and delicious, especially lightly wilted and tossed with mushrooms and pasta. Now that it’s flowering, the leaves are more bitter and slightly less tasty, but I hear they still make a good pesto.

]]> By: carol koenig http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1462 carol koenig Wed, 30 May 2007 14:34:41 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1462 Hey Anna, Have a wonderful summer! It sounds as if you will truly enjoy. Hoping to see you on Ride week-end. I promise to go to our local Farmers' Market faithfully as the CSA was just toooooo much food for us and I had no control over the variety. We have had a wonderful market in our area for many years and it it now virtually totally organic with the exception of one old farmer who was an original vendor. Looking forward to enjoying some of the fruits of your labors (and vegetables, too) in Sept. Carol Hey Anna,
Have a wonderful summer! It sounds as if you will truly enjoy. Hoping to see you on Ride week-end. I promise to go to our local Farmers’ Market faithfully as the CSA was just toooooo much food for us and I had no control over the variety. We have had a wonderful market in our area for many years and it it now virtually totally organic with the exception of one old farmer who was an original vendor. Looking forward to enjoying some of the fruits of your labors (and vegetables, too) in Sept.
Carol

]]> By: Gluten-Free By The Bay http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1461 Gluten-Free By The Bay Wed, 30 May 2007 14:27:58 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1461 Thanks for the update - It sounds amazing. Keep it coming, for sure. I would love to do Adamah but I have a bad back which is something I don't think they could accomodate. Bummer, because I really want to learn about farming and gardening and sustainable agriculture from a Jewish perspective, as I'd like to start a small Jewish farm in upstate NY at some point in the future. Thanks for the update - It sounds amazing. Keep it coming, for sure. I would love to do Adamah but I have a bad back which is something I don’t think they could accomodate. Bummer, because I really want to learn about farming and gardening and sustainable agriculture from a Jewish perspective, as I’d like to start a small Jewish farm in upstate NY at some point in the future.

]]> By: Leah Koenig http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1460 Leah Koenig Wed, 30 May 2007 14:19:43 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1460 Anna, it sounds like you're having an incredible time! I think I remember there being lambs' quarters in Prospect Park, when I went on one of Wildman Steve Brill's urban foraging tours...but I can't remember what it looks like now. Are you going to be able to take pictures of the sadeh? If you do, please keep us "posted" xo, Leah Anna, it sounds like you’re having an incredible time! I think I remember there being lambs’ quarters in Prospect Park, when I went on one of Wildman Steve Brill’s urban foraging tours…but I can’t remember what it looks like now. Are you going to be able to take pictures of the sadeh? If you do, please keep us “posted” xo, Leah

]]> By: Phyllis Bieri http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1459 Phyllis Bieri Wed, 30 May 2007 14:00:25 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/hello-from-adamah/#comment-1459 Wonderful notes from the farm, Anna. Keep them coming! I grew up eating lambs' quarters. We ate all the edible weeds in my mom's garden. Gives me inspiration to saute some of my own lambs' quarters that are taking over a few spots in our garden on Fire Island. The kids need to taste them, anyway. They have a unique flavor and texture, so aptly described by you. I had no idea they are sold at farmer's markets. Are you using gardening gloves? Sunscreen? Pulling off any deer ticks? Take good care. Farming is not for the faint of heart. -- Phyllis Wonderful notes from the farm, Anna. Keep them coming! I grew up eating lambs’ quarters. We ate all the edible weeds in my mom’s garden. Gives me inspiration to saute some of my own lambs’ quarters that are taking over a few spots in our garden on Fire Island. The kids need to taste them, anyway. They have a unique flavor and texture, so aptly described by you. I had no idea they are sold at farmer’s markets.

Are you using gardening gloves? Sunscreen? Pulling off any deer ticks? Take good care. Farming is not for the faint of heart. — Phyllis

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