Sunflowers, cosmos, zinnia–all are standing tall and proud, giving the garden an air of youth and vigor. Everyone comments on how good the garden looks at the moment. But I know better. The squash and cucumber plants need to be pulled to make way for an attempt at fall potatoes. The turnips are beyond ready [...]
Tags: community gardens·fall·summer
Careful what you wish for, Barbie. The ground around our Roma plants is littered with tomatoes. I have a feeling if you just gave the plants a good shake, you’d have an unending supply. These are the pulpy, less juicy variety of tomatoes ideal for dicing and canning or turning into tomato sauce or paste. [...]
If the only kind of okra you know is what you see in the supermarket, it may be you’ve never been inspired to eat it. What passes for okra in the store is typically awful looking. Even in our local Whole Foods the okra looks to be weeks old–all shriveled and covered with brown blotches. [...]
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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