Full Diet: March 19
New Crops are Sprouting! The excitement of the summer harvest is setting in, indicated by the longer days and later sunsets! The peas are sprouting arms to climb up the trellises, onions are getting their second round [...]
Full Diet: March 12
An Ode to Oxtail I have often shied away from oxtail.: it is literally a cow's tail split into its individual vertebra. On the front that can be rather off-putting; however, cooked, oh wow! Insert emoji of kissing [...]
March Winter CSA
March Winter CSA We are springing into action! March 20 is the Vernal, or Spring, Equinox. March 9 is Spring Forward day. Over the course of March we add roughly 90 minutes of daylight to the day. Astronomical, literally [...]
February 26: Full Diet
St Patty's Day is coming up! Only a few weeks away now and it is time to start thinking about what you want to cook for dinner to celebrate. That is, of course, if [...]
Full Diet: February 19
A Mid-Winter BBQ The snow and ice is melting here on the farm, but I have still been thinking about BBQ. Partially because we have so many slow cooking cuts in the freezer that [...]
February Winter CSA
February Winter CSA First seeds of 2025 are planted! No way you say. It is solidly winter right now: freezing, cold, sunny, rainy, snowy, windy. You know, doing the Central Oregon winter thing. But it's true, at [...]
Full Diet: January 30
Celebrate Root Vegetable Season The longest days of the year are behind us and we are gaining daylight in the mornings *and* the evenings right now. For me, it brings an air of hope: new growth is coming, [...]
January 2025 Newsletter
Rainshadow has a new website! Def time to sign up for your Summer CSA There is still space in our Winter CSA February Valentine's Day Dinner Rainshadow has a new website! Check it out! www.rainshadoworganics.com. We are very excited to offer [...]
Full Diet: January 22
Wowza, the cold is here! And now it is cold. It sure is nice to see the sun! And with the cold, the mud stays frozen for a bit which keeps the rest of us a little content. [...]
Full Diet: January 16
Recipe Modifications are Key! This is the time of year where I start to really modify recipes. I look for a recipe that strikes my fancy and then make sure it has a reasonably seasonally available foundation. And [...]
