Rocket Punch Farm

12/04/2024

Both Farm To You by Bomvida stores in Belen and ABQ are well-stocked with bok choy right now, grown by fellow farmers. This is a wonderful vegetable for autumn and winter as it thrives in cooler temperatures. And it's a wonderful vegetable to eat because it gives great contrasting textures from the silky leaves and crunchy stems. Here's how to cook it:

Add enough oil to barely cover the bottom of a large frying pan and saute some sliced mushrooms or brown some ground pork or beef...or omit entirely. Add some diced aromatics if you choose: onions, garlic, ginger, and/or chile. Now add the bok choy, cut into bite-sized pieces. Cook until the leaves are wilted and the stems are tender-crisp. If you prefer your greens more tender, add a generous splash of broth or water and braise for a few minutes longer, until your desired tenderness is reached. Season with salt (or soy sauce) and black pepper. Enjoy!

UPDATE: my recipe will have blue and golden oyster mushrooms from NM Fungi.

12/02/2024

Just delivered to Farm To You by Bomvida in Belen: mixed lettuces, rainbow chard, and blue collards.

Not a very big harvest this time because December, but we're still proud to do our part.

11/25/2024

Just delivered to Farm To You by Bomvida in Belen: our first harvest of mixed lettuce of the season. Please be aware that the first harvest is always the smallest and will sell out quickly...there is more to come throughout the winter and spring.

We also harvested sage for your holiday recipes.

Lastly, SURPRISE, red tomatoes.

Happy Thanksgiving!

11/21/2024

We all know that "leaving the leaves" is best for soil health and overwintering wildlife. But for reasons of personal safety and mobility, it may be necessary to remove leaves from sidewalks, driveways, patios, and other outdoor hardscaping. So if you rake and bag your autumn leaves and would like an alternative to hauling them to the landfill, Rocket Punch Farm can accept them to build soil.

Please note: we do not have the availability or resources to come collect your leaves from your location because our work as farmers is year round. This announcement is about you delivering your leaves to us if you so wish.

11/20/2024

Borscht made from all local ingredients. We grew the potatoes, tomatoes, green onion tops, collards, and Swiss chard. Other farmers in the Farm To You by Bomvida family grew the beets, carrots, turnips, radishes, dill, and beef.

11/18/2024

Just delivered to Farm To You by Bomvida in Belen: GREENS!

Blue collards, rainbow chard, and lemony sorrel.

Next week: mixed lettuce. Please note: the first harvest of the season is always the smallest and subsequent harvests should be more abundant.

11/11/2024

Just delivered to Farm To You by Bomvida in Belen: the last of the season's ripe tomatoes. We have beefsteaks in 3 colors, large pear tomatoes that make the best marinara sauce, pink and red slicers, and a few Romas.

Also delivered: more potatoes.

11/04/2024

We've got what you need for this chilly, rainy day (and possibly snowy end of the week): PO-TA-TOES!

Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.

Also just delivered to Farm To You by Bomvida in Belen: TO-MA-TOES! Large colorful beefsteaks, pink and red slicers, and some Roma-types.

11/01/2024

Green tomato fans: head over to Farm To You by Bomvida.

What's your favorite green tomato recipe?

10/30/2024

It is our great disappointment to announce there will be no purple sweet potatoes this season due to crop failure.

(Photo of a threeleaf sumac in our hedgerow in full autumn color.)

10/28/2024

We just delivered the last hurrah of summer to Farm To You by Bomvida in Belen:

-tomatoes: beefsteak, slicers, and Romas
-Persian cucumbers
-pattypan squash
-Turkish chiles, jalapeños, and poblanos
-filet beans
-New Zealand spinach

Our greenhouse is now fully planted with winter lettuces that we hope to begin harvesting soon. As for next week, we'll have potatoes.

10/25/2024

While many local farmers' markets are ending their seasons, Farm To You by Bomvida remains open every day, all year round. At Rocket Punch Farm, we grow food all year round because we have this strange preference for eating food all year round. 🤣

What can you expect to see at Bomvida as the weather grows colder?

-Salad greens
-Microgreens
-Hardy cooking greens like kale, chard, and bok choy
-Root vegetables like carrots, radishes, turnips, and beets
-Long-storing crops like potatoes, sweet potatoes, winter squashes, onions, and garlic

Other local foods not shown here include mushrooms, dried beans, and preserved foods like salsas, sauces, jams, and jellies.

Meanwhile, the summer season isn't quite over yet. We at RPF expect to AT LEAST bring more tomatoes, cucumbers, pattypan squash, chiles, and green beans this Monday...before the first autumn frost arrives early Thursday morning.

10/24/2024

Two of our six lettuce varieties that make up our winter lettuce blend. Greenhouse planting starts now.

10/21/2024

Cooler afternoon temperatures plus no autumn frost yet in sight means the resurgence of tomatoes. We just delivered at least 5 different varieties to Farm To You by Bomvida in Belen.

Also delivered: pattypan squash, Persian cucumbers, Turkish chile, poblanos, jalapeños, filet beans, and lemony sorrel greens.

10/17/2024

Before we became farmers, we learned a lot from volunteering at school gardens.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The city is looking for volunteers to help clean up a school garden for the students this weekend. The City of Albuquerque’s Parks and Recreation Department and One…

10/14/2024

Delivered today to Farm To You by Bomvida in Belen: pattypan squash, cucumbers, filet beans, Turkish chile, poblanos, and jalapeños.

We hope to bring leafy greens next week, and depending on the weather, green tomatoes.

10/13/2024

Waitaminute, that's not a potato!

(We harvest from the soil gently, using simple hand tools to minimize soil disturbance and to not harm native wildlife.)

10/12/2024

Bad Amelia, do not promote the orange habaneros at Farm To You by Bomvida as "miniature Halloween pumpkins!"

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