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Author Archives: Pretty Bird Farm
Adventures in Baby Food
One of the things John said he was most excited about when we discovered we were pregnant was making our own baby food. We love growing our own food, cooking it and preserving it to enjoy when it’s not in … Continue reading
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Tagged #hunterdon county, 7monthsold, apple sauce, apples, baby, baby food, banana, bucks county, butternut squash, carrots, cat, fall, farmer violet, foodie, harvest, homestead farm market, new jersey, nj, pickyourown.org, plums, pretty bird farm, prettybirdfarm, puree, recipes, solebury orchards, violet, whatsfordinner, winter is coming
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Autumnal Equinox at Pretty Bird Farm
Autumnal Equinox at Pretty Bird Farm I wanted to share some pictures of our garden as it transitions into fall. While this blog post is a couple weeks late, the pictures are from the Fall Equinox in late September. The … Continue reading
Posted in Garden
Tagged ageratum, autumn, benarysgiantzinnias, butterflies, carrots, chickenchat, chickens, cloudyday, coleus, compost, cutflowers, equinox, fall, fallcrops, flowers, gardening, goldenrod, gomphrenafireworks, hunterdoncounty, john, kale, lavenderorpington, luffa, monarchbutterfly, moonflower, nasturtium, nj, njfarm, polishtophat, pretty bird farm, prettybirdfarm, radishes, shadegarden, snapdragon, sunflowers, tickseed, tomatoes, tomatohornworm, transition, vegetables, wildflowers
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Shishito Roulette
It has been awhile since we have had Shishito Peppers. Actually it’s been about a year and a half since I last last had them at my favorite restaurant in Las Vegas: Jaleo. So I jumped at the chance when … Continue reading
Posted in In the Kitchen
Tagged #hunterdon county, cooking, cooking with shishitos, foodie, gardening, hunterdon county farm, Jaleo, john, new jersey, nj, Oribel PortaPlay, Pepper Roulette, peppers, pretty bird farm, prettybirdfarm, roulette, shishito, Shishito Peppers, shishito recipe, summer, tapas, violet, whatsfordinner
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Our First Hunterdon County 4H Fair
We’ve lived in Hunterdon County for three summers now and one of our favorite things to do as summer draws to a close is to visit the Hunterdon County 4H Fair. We love ogling all the animals (and imagining what … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Uncategorized
Tagged #hunterdon county, 4h, cherry tomatoes, delaware township, farming, gardening, gourds, grow your own, heirlooms, hunterdon county 4h fair, jack be little, john, kale, mortgage lifter, new jersey, nj, pretty bird farm, pumpkins, rutgers 250, rutgers 250 tomato, squash, sunflower, tallest sunflower, tomatoes, violet, wapsipinicon peach, wee be little, whatsfordinner
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News from the Coop at Pretty Bird Farm
We have a rooster! Or at least two! (Please don’t let there be more than two). Our Blue Ameracauna has been looking a little suspicious for the past few weeks. It’s nearly twice the size (at 4 months) of some … Continue reading
Ball Field Day 2016
If you know us personally, then you know Pretty Bird Farm is not our full time gig (just yet!). John and I both have full time day jobs. John sells grape juice for David Bowler Wine and I work for … Continue reading
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Tomato Everything
It’s August in New Jersey, and if you aren’t eating three square meals of tomatoes a day you are doing something wrong. Okay, I’m exaggerating. However, as high season for tomatoes is upon us and we are picking daily. And … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, In the Kitchen
Tagged #hunterdon county, ball jars, black krim, canning, foodie, fruit, fulper family farmstead, gardening, growyourown, harvest, inthekitchen, Jersey Tomatoes, lunch ideas, meatless monday, nebraska wedding, new jersey, pesto, Pineapple, Preserves, Preserving, pretty bird farm, recipe, sandwiches, sauce, tomato, Tomato Jam, tomato pie, Tomato Recipes, Tomato Sandwich, Tomato Sauce, tomatoes, violet, Violet's Blend, wapsipinicon peach, whatsfordinner
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What’s for Dinner: Stuffed Acorn Squash
My friend Stacey made this beautiful stuffed Cupcake Squash last week: View this post on Instagram Literally the best thing I've ever made! @burpeehg Cupcake Squash with quinoa, aged cheddar, tomatoes, thyme, sage, and green onion! All grown in the … Continue reading
Posted in In the Kitchen
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Rainbow Tomato Pie
Although we did make it out to the garden early for some tomato picking and cut flower arranging, the rain kept us inside for most of the day today. Things sure do jump when we get a few days of … Continue reading
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Tagged #hunterdon county, basil, black krim, chablis, cheese, cut flowers, foodie, fulper family farmstead, garden state, heirloom, inthekitchen, john, mortgage lifter, nebraska wedding, new jersey, nj, pie, pretty bird farm, prettybirdfarm, rainbow, recipe, tomato, tomato pie, tomatoes, violet, wapsipinicon peach, whatsfordinner
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What’s for Dinner: Strawberry Pizza
Last year we installed a huge strawberry garden, 800 plants or so in a 1,600 square foot space. And then I got pregnant with Violet and found myself unable to help with any of the farm maintenance. Our strawberry patch … Continue reading
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Tagged arugula, foodie, inthekitchen, pizza, recipe, strawberries, whatsfordinner
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