Tennessee Truffles

I am currently trying to track down some Tennessee truffles for the winter menu. There is a company out of Tennessee that is currently producing truffles on a plantation in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

I hope that we can get our hands on some. It might be pretty hard, because they are pretty popular with big name cheffy-types.

Anyone know if truffles are found in Ohio?

I am also interested in trying "pecan truffles" which grow around pecan trees down south.

BesT!!

I am so excited that we recently received best restaurant from Scene magazine. I hope that we get some new clientele, since I doubt that most of our existing customers read the magazine.

This is a huge honor for all of us. Doug Trattner certainly made us all feel awesome with his kind words.

Congrats to everyone at Fire! Keep up the great work!

Next week, Tractor Pull!!

Phillip took a lil' video on his iphone a few weeks back. I thought I would post it to show everyone that we are really farming, and because it shows off tom's antique tractor.

The attachment I am using is a spreader. We took spent mushroom columns and but them in the trailer. There are large weights at the end that spin like a drunken college girl's vision after to many daiquiris. The spinning action breaks up the columns and spits them out the back. It's pretty impressive to see from the other end of things.

Enjoy below!


The straw helps keep weeds out, retains moisture and provides nutrients. The bed that we covered is where we planted our garlic.

This past Monday, we planted our 1st attempt at cover crops. George bought white clover seeds and we plowed then sowed the lil' buggers.

This might be all we are able to do for this year, but I hope we can still plant some more kale to carry us through our fall menu and into winter.

George, Phil, and I are looking forward to sitting down this week and hashing out we want to grow for for next year. If anyone has any cool ideas, let us know. We would also love advice from anyone that has any.

super happy exciting fun time!!

This Monday we are going to plant our 1st cover crop...white clover. I am a little bit confused as to how much we actually need to plant for 3/4 of an acre. I think lil' george bought 2.5 pounds and that ought to cover what we need.

We are attempting to plant clover as an alternative to chemical fertilizers. We hope that the clover will give us a jump start for next year. Our goal is to be able to plant lots and lots of stuff next year. It will be interesting to see if the clover makes a difference. Even though i have a limited amount of knowledge about farming, I am becoming increasingly excited about what we are doing.

I am super excited about being able to do a dinner at Tom/Wendy's property next year. This dinner will be incredible because we plan on picking all of our ingredients before cooking them to ensure maximum freshness/flavor.

It is incredibly fulfilling to know that in less than 2 years(i hope) that we will be able to grow most of our own produce.