http://harvardfarmersmarket.org/wordpress Buy Local * Be Local Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:56:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last summer, our cucumbers took over the garden, sprawling and creeping out and beyond the confines of raised beds, protective wires, and onto the lawn where they produced prodigiously.  We jerry rigged sticks and twine, adding and improvising as the vines grew, but this proved a challenge because the plants ... http://harvardfarmersmarket.org/wordpress/2010/07/cuke-control/ Nothing like a gazpacho in the warm weather, and nothing like a good fistful of fresh cilantro to add zip to all its ‘from the garden’ summer ingredients!  This is my favorite summer recipe!  (4-6 meal-size servings) Ingredients: 4 Medium-sized Fresh Tomatoes 1 Large Cucumber (outer skin removed) 1 Red Bell Pepper 1 Green Bell ... http://harvardfarmersmarket.org/wordpress/2010/06/cilantro-and-summer/ Are you planning to attend the inaugural meeting of the Harvard Canning and Evaporating Club (as revived by the HFM in Clara Endicott Sears' memory)? It's tomorrow and you are welcome to come by any time with your local harvest and equipment ready to preserve your own bit of what ... http://harvardfarmersmarket.org/wordpress/2010/06/claras-conserves-labels-for-the-harvard-canning-evaporating-club/ You see them blooming all over Harvard right now, but what are those gorgeous spreading trees?  They’re Japanese Dogwoods, or Kousas.  Their four-pointed white blooms are actually not blooms at all but bracts below the cluster of inconspicuous yellow-green flowers.  The tree flowers in late spring, weeks after it leafs ... http://harvardfarmersmarket.org/wordpress/2010/06/japanese-dogwood-in-bloom/ Clara Endicott Sears bestowed many admirable gifts to the town of Harvard, the Canning and Evaporating Club being one of them.  She created this Club as an outreach organization back in 1918, sending canned fruits and produce, as well as dried food, over to the soldiers during World War I. Canning ... http://harvardfarmersmarket.org/wordpress/2010/06/the-new-canning-and-evaporating-club-our-first-jam-session-begins-monday-june-7/ We Be Strawberry Jammin'.... Nothing speaks of Summer's beginnings as does the strawberry.  We thought strawberry jam would be a great way to kick off our first jam session... easy for beginners, still fun for more seasoned preserve-makers.  Join us at 53 Bolton Road with the ingredients and equipment listed below. ... http://harvardfarmersmarket.org/wordpress/2010/06/the-canning-and-evaporating-club-what-to-bring/ vintage Sure-Jell photo from RecipeCurio.com Strawberry Jam, taken from the Sure-Jell packet.  Tried and true. Ingredients 2 quarts strawberries, cut and crushed to yield 5 cups crushed berries 7 cups sugar 1/2 tsp butter 1 box Sure-Jell powder Directions: Pour crushed berries into large boiler Measure sugar into separate container and set aside. Stir package of Sure-Jell into strawberries. Add butter. Bring ... http://harvardfarmersmarket.org/wordpress/2010/06/the-canning-and-evaporating-club-recipe-for-strawberry-jam/ What could be more natural, and pleasing in nature, than standing outside your door listening to birds, especially this time of year when robin bellies swell with eggs, and nests materialize under eaves and in lean-tos?  Really, let’s face it, if we take the time, birds and their sounds can ... http://harvardfarmersmarket.org/wordpress/2010/06/birds-birds-birds-what-could-be-more-natural/ Saturday May 15th in Provincetown, MA, the farmer’s market opened for another season.  Several years into this venture, townsfolk and tourists alike enjoy morning strolls along the harbor street near the town hall where fresh veggies are offered from farms such as Lucky Field Organics (Rochester, MA) and Silverbrook Farm ... http://harvardfarmersmarket.org/wordpress/2010/06/provincetown-brings-on-the-organics/ You may or may not have know it, but the Harvard Farmers Market organizes a weekly donation of a significant amount of fresh food to local area food pantries.  For the last couple years we gave to Wheat Community in Clinton and this year we will be taking our truckloads ... http://harvardfarmersmarket.org/wordpress/2010/05/ample-harvest/