Secret Gardens of Brown County Tour to Feature Local Farm

This year's Secret Gardens of Brown County Tour will feature a working farm for the first time in the event's history. Kiss My Grass Farm will be one of the five stops that participants will make on the self-guided tour of Brown County Garden Club members' gardens.  

The tour will be held on July 11 and 12, 2009. For more information about the Secret Gardens of Brown County Tour and how to purchase tickets click here. 

Photo: Courtesy of Kiss My Grass Farm
           Red Wattle Hogs will be part of the Kiss My Grass farm tour.

"Homegrown" to be Screened at Indianapolis International Film Festival

HOMEGROWN, a film produced and directed by Robert McFalls, will be screened at the Indianapolis International Film Festival on Sunday July 19 at 7:30 p.m. The film is the true story of a family who are "living off the grid" in Pasadena, California. They harvest over 6,000 pounds of produce on their less than quarter acre urban homestead!

To learn more about HOMEGROWN and see a trailer click here.

 

Greek Style Purslane Pesto

Considered by most gardeners to be a weed, purslane is now being cultivated and is available at some of our Indiana farmers' markets. You might even find some in your CSA boxes in the next few weeks. I've never tasted purslane before so I bought a few bunches from Balanced Harvest Farm and thought I would experiment with it. 

Once I sampled the succulent, lemony leaves, I knew a pesto was in my future. I did some research and found that purslane is very popular in Greece where it is used in a number of dishes. The pesto I created is full of Greek flavors and chunky feta.

I'm using it to dress pasta, spread on warm pita bread, and as a sandwich spread. Once you taste it, I think you'll have even more uses for it. And, I'm freezing some for a winter treat.

You'll find the recipe in the Summer Recipes section of this site.

Choose Indiana Wine

At this year's Indy International Wine Competition our Indiana wines competed with the best of the best from around the globe and brought home 274 medals. (Click here for a list of all the Indiana winners.) So, how is it that it's still a challenge to find restaurants across the state that proudly offer a large selection of Indiana wines?

Help promote our Indiana wine producers. When dining out ask for the Indiana wine list. And if there isn't one, ask why not.

Do you know of a restaurant doing a great job at promoting our Indiana wines featuring at least 10 Indiana wines on their wine lists? Send me the name and location of the restaurant by August 1 and I'll do a feature about them on the GL site.

Students Start Farm/CSA in Anderson

Recent college grads have started a farm and CSA in Anderson,Indiana.

Read their inspiring story here and here.