Rocket Punch Farm

07/03/2025

We're big fans of Hoss (we love their 162-cell seedling trays, made in the USA).

And we learned something about organic controls for root knot nematodes from this video:

Hey Neighbor,Are your plants looking stunted, yellow, or just not thriving like they should? Root knot nematodes could be the culprit. In this video, we brea...

07/01/2025

An eye opening watch. We're grateful to be part of the Farm To You by Bomvida family where we are able to pursue a better relationship between people and food.

Learn more about Human Footprint: https://www.pbs.org/show/human-footprintThe supermarket is one of the strangest and most powerful inventions in human histo...

06/30/2025

Salad of shaved celtuce with green onions, wheat-free soy sauce, vinegar, and freshly ground white peppercorns

06/30/2025

Celtuce is an under-appreciated veggie that we've grown for years. Ordinarily, we keep it all for ourselves (it's just that tasty!), but this year we grew extra to share.

Also called stem lettuce, it's a lettuce variety grown for its juicy, crunchy stem. Various foodie blogs describe the flavor as being similar to lettuce, cucumber, asparagus, or broccoli. The fragrance is nutty, like almonds and roasted corn.

How do you eat it? Cut off the tough ends and peel the fibrous skin first, revealing the tender and bright green interior. Shave or cut into matchsticks to enjoy raw in salads. Slice it for stir fries and sautees, or cut into chunks for stews and roasting. Also makes fantastic pickles.

Find our celtuce at Farm To You by Bomvida

06/25/2025

The day after the big rain. It's wet and the ground feels soft beneath our feet. No flooding, no mud. The wood chips soaked up all the rain and are in the process of releasing it to the soil below.

06/24/2025

Hope this rain is blessing everyone.

This is our fruiting forest garden in progress. See how there aren't any trees yet? We're getting to that, soil health takes time.

Anyway, this is how soil health starts: wood chip mulch. We're such wood chip nerds that we've been in the Valencia County News-Bulletin at least twice talking about it.

Simple comparison here: the mulched side (mulch was applied in late March/early April of this year) soaked up all the rain while the bare soil side is a nasty puddle.

Put wood chips everywhere in your garden to absorb flooding rain and mete it into the soil slowly. This choice recharges our aquifer instead of flooding our properties.

06/23/2025

New harvests this week, just delivered to Farm To You by Bomvida: blackcurrants and New Zealand spinach

(As expected, our lettuce season has ended due to rising summer temperatures.)

06/19/2025

The "when are you getting tomatoes?" update.

Soon.

06/16/2025

With today's heat advisory expected to bring us triple-digit temperatures and continued scorching heat for the rest of the week, we don't expect our lettuce harvest to last for much longer. So head over to Farm To You by Bomvida to pick up a bag.

We always celebrate seasonal change. While lettuce may be on the way out, summer favorites are starting to come in. The feast continues!

06/13/2025

Garlic scapes are abundant right now and here's an easy way to preserve them:

Wash and roughly chop your garlic scapes, then puree with enough olive oil to create a paste. Spoon paste into ice cube trays, freeze solid, then pop the cubes out and transfer to freezer bags.

Use just like garlic cloves in your favorite recipes.

06/09/2025

We're making arugula pesto tonight, thanks to fellow farmers in the Farm To You by Bomvida family.

Ingredients:
-4 oz (half the bag) of local arugula
-2 local garlic scapes, roughly chopped
-1/4 cup of local pecan pieces
-1/3 cup of local Romano cheese, grated
-1/2 teaspoon of salt
-1/3 cup of mild-flavored olive oil

Whizz it all up in a food processor or high-powered blender until smooth. Eat over pasta, as a sauce for meats, as a salad dressing, or with a spoon!

06/09/2025

With rising afternoon temperatures, our lettuce season won't last for much longer. Head over to Farm To You by Bomvida today to pick up a bag.

Also just delivered--by customer request--lamb's quarters and dill (not pictured).

We were unable to fulfill a request for sorrel; our plants have already called it quits for the season.