Last week started the season for strawberry picking on the island. Moors End Farm strawberries were ready first so we headed out there in the evening to pick a few quarts with friends. It was a beautiful day and the stroll down to the strawberry field was charming in the evening light. The staff … [Read more...]
Market Days 2014
The Sustainable Nantucket Farmers & Artisans Market began for the 2014 season in early June. Fare Isle will be there every Saturday throughout the summer and early fall selling our edibles and wares. Be sure to stop by from 9am to 1pm on upper Cambridge St. and Union St. (between the Post Office … [Read more...]
Garden Journal <> Spring Comfrey Harvest
Recently we harvested the spring crop of our comfrey plants. Before they were done flowering we cut them back and now they will vigorously grow up again and we will have a second harvest come late summer. Comfrey is one of the important healing medicinal herbs used in our Vital Healing skincare … [Read more...]
Garden Journal <> May
beautiful flowers of the healing comfrey plant. comfrey is a key ingredient in our skincare products. May saw the garden begin to come to life with the return of our perennial herbs, flowers and fruiting bushes and trees. The heirloom radishes were the first vegetable ready for picking come mid … [Read more...]
Recipe: Vegan Strawberry Rhubarb Wheat Bran Crumb Top Muffins
Any excuse to eat more rhubarb, I'm there. I just love its complex sour flavor that comes alive with a touch of sweetness added to it. Strawberries and rhubarb go together like, well like strawberries and rhubarb. Vegan Strawberry Rhubarb Wheat Bran Crumb Top Muffins Muffins … [Read more...]
