Janaury 5

Farm Notes

I spent most of this cold and dreary day inside and got a few big things checked off my to-do list… one of which was ordering our seed potatoes for this season. I order seed potatoes from our beloved local farm supply store, Country Farm & Home in Pittsboro, and they source them from a reputable grower in Idaho, Grand Teton Organics.

These are our seed potatoes from last season.

These are our seed potatoes from last season.

I love growing potatoes (and by that, I mean I love digging them up and eating them..), and I maaay have gone a bit overboard with all the varieties for this year (7 in all!), with a mix of yukon gold-type potatoes, two red-skinned varieties, some gorgeous purple potatoes, and two types of fingerlings. We have 50 ft rows at our farm, and I usually allot about 8 lbs of seed potatoes per 50 ft bed (with an average of 12” spacing inside the row, though it varies depending on the variety). Here’s a rundown of the different potatoes we will be growing in 2021:

  • German Butterball

  • Gold Nugget

  • Red Johnny

  • Dark Red Norland

  • Purple Majesty

  • French Fingerling

  • Banana Fingerling

If you’re hoping to grow potatoes this year, here’s a great guide/FAQ sheet about growing spuds from the team at Country Farm and Home.

Tuesday frozen pizza + salad + wine night. :)

Tuesday frozen pizza + salad + wine night. :)

Kitchen Notes

If you know me, then you know I have a soft spot for frozen pizza, and you probably also know that Tuesday is our weekly frozen pizza night. This may surprise some of you, but here’s the deal… eating like a farmer doesn’t mean you have to whip up gourmet, scratch-made meals every night. To me, eating like a farmer means getting creative with the ingredients you have at hand, eating with the seasons whenever possible, and not making meals overly complicated. So for us, that means on Tuesday we have frozen pizza (our fav brand right now is Freschetta) and a big green salad with greens + veggies from the farm. I’m all about shame-free cooking + eating, so you do you! Whether it’s scratch-made, frozen, take-out, or something in-between, I think the most important thing is taking time to sit down and enjoy your meals with intention and gratitude, hopefully around a table with people you love.

Today’s stats

  • Low temp: 31F

  • High temp: 50F

  • Sunrise: 7:23am

  • Sunset: 5:13pm

  • Moon phase: Waning Gibbous

  • Additional notes: Frost in the AM, cold and cloudy most of the day.