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Justin Aiello, Farmer
Asheville, North Carolina
About me
Former farmer at Skylight Farm - just moved to a new farm. Growing organic vegetables, herbs, flowers and microgreens in Asheville, NC.
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www.olivettefarm.comRed romaine heading into the fields tomorrow.
Have you tried grilling romaine heads? It's absolutely delicious.
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DietID_TeamDietitians Yes!!! Charred them once and they were delicious!!
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annefood So good!
Mustard micros getting their first morning sun.
We keep our seed trays covered for the first couple of days after germination in order to get some longer stems on our micros. The generally get their color after a day or two in the sun.
Potatoes are taking root!
This little all blue potato (one of many) will produce a few pounds of new potatoes in just a few months.
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DietID_TeamDietitians Lovely!! I love blue and purple potatoes because they add color to a dish, but is there any other difference? They taste pretty much the same to me
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olivettefarm @Rachna there's no real difference in flavor compared to similar sized potatoes. I prefer to grow smaller ones. I find the flavor and texture to be better. Purple and blue potatoes are higher in...
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sugardetoxme One of the farmers at the McCarren Farmers Market was waxing poetic about how much difference in taste there was across the potato spectrum - from his white to russet to blue to red. I don't find...
Future tomato sandwiches.
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DietID_TeamDietitians Ahhhh!! @olivettefarm any chance you will be in Raleigh the weekend of 4/14?
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olivettefarm @Rachna I won't :( my parents will actually be in town that weekend so I'll be showing them around Asheville. I'll be trying to make my way up to NY this offseason hopefully though.
These tiny plants pack a huge flavor.
Red Russian Kale, Napa Cabbage, radish micro, dill and Tuscan Kale. These are all from thinning out our seedlings in the greenhouse. I always love making salads off of our thinnings #nofoodwaste
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DietID_TeamDietitians Does "thinning" In farming mean the same thing as "thinning" when you get a haircut? Maybe a dumb question, but I don't know!
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olivettefarm @Rachna pretty similar! Sometimes when we seed in the greenhouse we accidentally drop multiple seeds into a cell. There's not enough room in each cell for multiple seeds to grow healthy before...
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DietID_TeamDietitians Ohh so interesting!!!! I can't wait to come down to visit
Baby bok choy in the greenhouse. How do you like to use it?
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DietID_TeamDietitians toppings for a sandwich for sure. Also - wait till you see our new stickers =)
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olivettefarm @Rachna can't wait to see them!
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sugardetoxme Baby got Bok? 😝
Leeks doing their morning stretches.
Our little leeks are happy in the greenhouse. It's easy to forget that the giant leeks you're used to start out more like a blade of grass.
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JenniferDoscher Awww Do they get lullabies at night? 😊💖 Maybe "God's Chorus" of crickets, by Jim Wilson?
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DietID_TeamDietitians Yay!!!
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olivettefarm @JenniferDoscher haha - yep! Bedtime stories every night. Gotta keep them happy.
Amaranth Microgreens
A study found that amaranth micros have 4-6 times more nutrients than their full grown counterparts. They have a flavor very similar to beet micros, just a bit more mild.
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unconventionalbaker Gorgeous 🌱
Pea Tendrils!
Selfishly keeping all of these for myself :)
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sugardetoxme Beauties!!!
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olivettefarm @sugardetoxme thanks! You should try growing these if you haven't yet.
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sugardetoxme I just may but I'm loving the sunflower greens and spicy microgreen mix (radish, mustard greens). I need more closet space! 😭😫💦
Greenhouse at sunset.
Yesterday was a tough day on the farm, but views like this make it all ok :). Not exactly food related, but I thought the pic was too good not to share.
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sugardetoxme Sepia sunset