Entries Tagged as 'chemicals'
Little did I suspect when I signed up for this farm gig that my most important tool would be a scythe. From a time-warped, 18th Century perspective, this makes sense, since most of our 30 acres consists of grass. This time of year, grass grows fast and tall, hellbent on making seed. In addition to […]
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Call me naive, but for some reason I never expected to run into a farmer using chemical fertilizers on his produce right here in Dupont Circle, the premier farmers market in the nation’s capitol. But I couldn’t help wondering when I saw this vendor’s table groaning under the biggest, most gigantic broccoli I’d ever seen. […]
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Tags:broccoli·chemicals·farmer's markets·fertility·organic
