*September 7th, 2010* * * *We hit 31 degrees last night!! Not too much damage, luckily: a few tomatoes and some squash leaves, but even the green beans did just fine! Amazing. I wonder if it has something to do with the fact we are bio-dynamically farming, starting to create balance in our farm as a “living... Read more →
Spring Market In Basalt
Hi Everyone! Thank you so much for showing up last Saturday, up and down the Valley, to buy Food from us! It was great to see the support and feel the Love! We know you wanted the Grub because it was a typical spring day in the Rockies, the Wind came, the Hail came, the Rain Came, the Cops Came (gotcha!... Read more →
Chef’s Dava’s Basket Of Plenty
Mother Nature and the Farmers told me we should have Potatoes, Garlic, Onions, Kale or Chard, Salad Mix, Tomatoes, Summer Squash, Sweet Corn, Beets, Cantaloupe and early Peaches. We will see! You can order the first Raspberries from the Austins if you click on the Extras button on the Products page.... Read more →
Chef Dava Launches Paonia B&B
In the Box we should have Apricots, Onions, Potatoes, Beets, Garlic, Summer Squash, Kale, Green Beans,Corn and a few other odds and ends. Ashley has Sunnie bouquets on offer this week for $20. “Smile with a Sunflower, these beautiful long lasting Sunnie Bouquets contain three GIANT sunnies with... Read more →
Sustainability From Chef Dava Parr
Hello Friends, We have a good box for you this week and some new recipes, let’s hope! We have Cherries, Potatoes, Onions, Salad Mix, Tomato, Cilantro, Garlic, Kale, Romaine Lettuce, Sugar Snaps and Snow Peas. Wahoo! It’s looking like summer! I think it will be one more week on one size box... Read more →
Chef Dava Comin’ Round The Mountain
Hello Good People, I am making the journey over the hill this Thursday, the 10th if any one would like to re-up on some local food. We are temporarily out of Wild Alaskan Salmon. I exhausted that source and am looking for another sustainable fisher to work with. I sold out of cheese as well over the... Read more →
The Return Of Chef Dava With The October Box
Hello Everyone! Anyone Hungry? I need you all to go online or reply back to this email if you want one (or two!) of the October Boxes that I will be driving over next Thursday/Friday, even if you are on the Automatic Box Route. This is a box I don’t count as automatic because so many people are... Read more →
A Whopper Of A Year For Chef Dava
What’s in the Box? I don’t know! Suffice to say, as usual, I am going to make a guess! Honey Crisp and/or Gala Apples, Butternut Squash, Garlic, Raspberries or Grapes, Kale or Chard, Tomatoes, Onions, Summer Squash, Peppers or Chilies or both, Potatoes and a special treat, one half gallon... Read more →
Chef Dava’s Box Set
What’s in the Box? We should have Table Grapes, Gala Apples, Sweet Winter Squash, Fingerling Potatoes, Garlic, Leeks, Tomatoes, Beets, Basil and Bell Peppers. For Extras we will have: Fresh Organic Apple Cider- $ 5 a half gallon Watermelon- $1 a pound Cantelope- $1 a pound Honey Crisp Apples- $... Read more →
What’s In The Box? for Sept 11th and 14th
We should have Pears, Italian Plums, Raspberries, Eggplant, Broccoli, Tomatoes, Kale, Peppers and Chillies. Sometimes I am not always right on my guess as you may have ascertained but I do get close….. I requested from Homestead Ranch to save one of their Steers for me to be entirely grass fed... Read more →