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APRIL 13TH, 2008

Well, today on Goonie Rhubarb Farm was a day of perfect weather. Wind, warm and succulent, blowing through the valley on it's way to us...as if traveling from Hanalei Bay itself. It couldn't have been more lovely.

Rhubarb spent a large portion of his day collecting the rocks in our newly rototilled garden. No small task. Afterwards, with the rocks neatly placed in little mounds throughout the garden...it looked as if we had our own little England of cairns.

Bolognese is on the menu for tonight. The trick to a truly yummy Bolognese is a handful of grated carrots. They have the perfect hit of sweet without adding a bunch of sugar. I used hamburger from Deck Family Farm, a family ranch in Junction City, OR, that uses no hormones, no antibiotics, and feeds they're cattle grass from the land instead of GMO grains. They also have an assortment of other meats. To compliment the sauce, I have also added frozen Chantrelles from last autumn's mushroom harvest in Bandon. To serve, I am using organic pasta, made locally by Wolf Creek Pasta Co..

At this point, we're trying to eat and use as much of our food from within a 100 mile radius. Granted, at this point it only makes up about 1/3 of our total consumption...but it's a good start. And starting is what it's all about.

The mushroom hunt from yesterday resulted in one mushroom, that vaguely looked like a morel, but after careful identification, turned out to be a Coniferous False Morel...a deadly version of the scrumptious mushie.

No morels yet for Goonie Rhubarb Farm!

CIAO

-Goonie