At the Farm is located on Highway 5 in Carver County, Minnesota - 2.5 m. East of Waconia - 4.5 m. West of Victoria - 10 m. West of Chanhassen
Donna Frantz, Proprietor - 8880 East Highway 5, Waconia MN 55387 - imthefarmer@earthlink.net - 952-442-4816

At the Farm Newsletter

Sent May 6, 2009 Hippety-hop to the Farmers Shop to LEARN, LEARN, LEARN! I'll help you with all your growing questions, its a great destination! Hello, It's still too early to set out flowering plants, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, basil, cilantro, mint, rosemary, sage, cucumbers, melons, and zucchini in this area. The plants go backwards if you set them out when it's this cold. You should be planting cold crops now - lettuce, radishes, beets, onions, carrots, cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi, cauliflower, shallots. To divide most perennials just cut 1/2 of the plant with a shovel to remove it from the ground. Then you can transplant the half or cut it into smaller clumps and transplant them. Transplant at the same depth, if you plant too deep or shallow the transplants may die. Do not move peonies in spring, wait until fall. Oriental poppies have a long tap root and are very difficult to transplant but if you want to try, do it in the fall. I'll have fresh picked rhubarb and home grown asparagus for sale soon! Enjoy Spring! Donna

May Recipe - Rhubarb Pie! 1 pie crust - 9 inch pie plate 4 cups rhubarb cut up (fresh from At the Farm) 6 tablespoons flour 2 cups sugar 3 egg yolks (from At the Farm) 1 whole egg (from At the Farm) Put flour and sugar in sifter. Beat together the 3 egg yolks and 1 whole egg. Mix sugar, flour, and beaten egg mixture with rhubarb. Put in pie shell. Bake at 400 degrees for 40-50 minutes. If you don't want to make the meringue recipe below, you can top with a lattice pie crust and bake at 425 degrees for 40-50 minutes. Meringue 3 egg whites (from At the Farm) 1/4 teaspoon cream of tarter 6 tablespoons sugar Beat egg whites and cream of tarter until fluffy. Add sugar a little at a time, continue beating on high until stiff and glossy. Put on a baked pie (let pie cool about a half hour before adding meringue). Be sure to spread the meringue so it touches the crust all way around or the meringue may 'shrink' when baked. Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Enjoy!