Our friends Emma, Lucy and Asher came over for lunch yesterday. Since kids are always looking for something fun to do, we took them into the garden to see if there was anything ready to harvest. They pulled some radishes. Then we wandered over to the potato bed. Was there anything happening under the surface [...]
The cucumbers are starting to take flight. Time to get them growing vertically. Two varieties were planted in a long line with patty pan squash at the far end. Growing them up a trellis is the only way to manage them. Our trellis is constructed of 1 1/2-inch PVC pipe cut to fit. The pipe [...]
Sour cherry cobbler with farm-fresh half-and-half. Preparation time: five minutes Shopping: none Here’s a real treat first thing in the morning: fininding sour cherry cobbler left over from Sunday’s dinner. Quick! Get me a bowl! I heated the cobbler in the microwave, then doused it with some of the sweet half-and-half we get delivered from [...]
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We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
What's in your turkey? We killed and butchered more than 80 birds on the farm of Mike and Michelle Klein in Prince George's County. Thankfully, Michelle did the gutting. Unfortunately, Mike bought his turkey chicks earlier than usual and they did not stop growing. Our prize for helping was a carcass that weighed nearly 40 pounds. It barely fit in the oven. Here, Mike is subjecting a slaughtered bird to the "magic fingers," a machine with a nubby, rotating barrel that removes most of the feathers. 
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